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February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008 Archives
1:37 PM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera  Email
You can tell it's a big political year in Little Rhody when the New York Times takes notice. In a story today, Times reporter Abby Goodnough says the following: PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the first time anyone can remember, this......
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11:34 AM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
PROVIDENCE -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will make a campaign stop at Rhode Island College today, as the March 4 primary here and in three more states could prove crucial in picking the Democratic nominee. Doors open at noon......
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11:19 AM Sat, Mar 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Kathy Borchers Chelsea Clinton addresses students on behalf of her mother, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, at Roger Williams University yesterday afternoon. Ocean State campuses have been favorite venues for campaign stops this year. Her......
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2:44 PM Fri, Feb 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
Warwick's Democratic City Committee announced today that it has endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for president, trumpeting in a news release "her ability to bring real solutions to the problems facing America’s middle class families and to provide universal healthcare." Nancy......
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2:43 PM Fri, Feb 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Before a campaign rally at University of Rhode Island campus in Providence today, U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy speaks in favor of Democratic presidential contender Sen. Barack Obama. His son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode......
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3:07 PM Wed, Feb 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
William F. Buckley Jr., the syndicated columnist and intellectual whose studied mannerisms, verbal flourishes and polemics energized the American conservative movement for a half-century, has died. He was 82. And while most closely associated with Connecticut, Buckley did indeed have......
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1:29 PM Wed, Feb 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Actor Kal Penn, who appears on FOX's drama "House," will lead up a "Students for Barack Obama College Tour" -- a tour coming to Rhode Island colleges and universities tomorrow. The goal, according to a campaign news release,......
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7:40 PM Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Dueling Democratic debate watches are on tonight in Providence. The Cleveland, Ohio, debate between Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton begins at 9. You can go to Local 121 at 121 Washington St., Providence, to join Obama supporters.......
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4:35 PM Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
CRANSTON -- Several of the city’s most prominent politicians, including Mayor Michael T. Napolitano and state Sen. Beatrice A. Lanzi, are rallying around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in advance of next week’s high-stakes presidential primary. “She has the experience and......
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1:07 PM Tue, Feb 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Former President Bill Clinton is coming to the Ocean State this week, less than one week before Rhode Island's March 4 presidential primary election. Clinton has been traveling the country, campaigning on behalf of his wife and Democratic presidential hopeful,......
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2:43 PM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
PROVIDENCE -- Republican Mike Huckabee says he's hoping for a win in Rhode Island, although he acknowledges he's not as well known here as his rival, Sen. John McCain. The former Arkansas governor spoke on WPRO-AM Monday afternoon before heading......
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9:11 AM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank J. Williams says it’s time to start filling the growing number of state judicial vacancies. In a one-page letter to Governor Carcieri on Feb. 15, Williams noted that District Judge Walter Gorman notified......
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9:09 AM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
House Republicans — and a sympathetic Democrat — are pressing Speaker William Murphy to broadcast the first public hearing on proposed House rules changes on Capitol TV. Dedicated Political Scene readers already know the Republicans are boycotting the taping by......
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9:08 AM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
With eight days to go until Rhode Island’s presidential primary, the Clinton and Obama campaigns are scrambling for Rhode Island’s 32 Democratic delegates. And that means a host of staff have been added to the candidates’ Rhode Island teams in......
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9:07 AM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
Brown University professor and former congressional candidate Jennifer Lawless has announced that she is starting a political action committee to encourage political participation and get woman involved in politics. The PAC — dubbed “Real Equality and Progress for Rhode Island”......
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9:05 AM Mon, Feb 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter Email
And on the local election beat: a month after the death of longtime Democratic Sen. Roger Badeau, the campaign to fill his District 20 (Cumberland and Woonsocket) seat has moved into action. Rep. Roger A. Picard, of 764 Mendon Rd.,......
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