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Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 26, 2010 8 Comments

The high and mighty Democrats in Rhode Island who paid $7500 per plate to attend an elaborately catered dinner with Barack Obama were left with an empty seat at the table.As reported by The Providence Journal, after giving a 20-minute speech to those gathered at the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 3 Comments

Post-2008, Obama does not have a good record of bringing home the vote for candidates for whom he stumps.This appears to be repeating itself in Rhode Island.As I posted early this morning, Obama is in Rhode Island campaigning for David Cicilline, the Democratic nominee in...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 25, 2010 2 Comments

Barack Obama, Scott Brown and Michael Steele all will be in Rhode Island today, campaigning for competing candidates in the RI-01 District (my home district, by the way).Obama is flying in for an elaborately catered $7500 per plate fundraiser (menu here) for Providence Mayor David Cicilline,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 22, 2010 2 Comments

Update 10-24-2010:  Two updates so important I'm putting them at the top of this post.  Take a look at Miracle in RI-1? by David Freddoso at The Washington Examiner and John Loughlin Will Win the Kennedy People’s Seat in RI-1 by Jack Fowler at NRO.----------------------------------------------------John Loughlin is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 27, 2010 8 Comments

That's not the literal name of the tour, but it is a fair characterization of the "Fighting for Social Security" tour of senior citizen centers launched last week by Democratic congressional candidate David Cicilline.Cicilline, the current Mayor of Providence, is running in the 1st District of Rhode Island, for...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 26, 2010 1 Comment

I posted the other day about the race in RI-01, which Charlie Cook has moved from LikelyD to Lean D, The Patrick Kennedy Seat Is In Play Again.I mentioned in that prior post that David Cicilline, the Democratic candidate, is a divisive figure and was...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 24, 2010 3 Comments

When John Loughlin declared his intention to take on Patrick Kennedy in the RI-01 congressional district, the race generated enormous attention, including from me.  Loughlin was willing to take on a Kennedy in a longtime Kennedy seat against large odds.When Kennedy later announced he would...

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