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February 10, 2008 - February 16, 2008 Archives


Obama, Clinton take campaign to R.I. TVs, radio

6:53 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Mike McKinney    Email

Your television will never be the same. At least until March 5. The political advertising barrage for Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Ocean State TV sets begins today. The two frontrunners for their party's presidential candidate nomination......

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Whitehouse vs. the White House: On the radio

6:47 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Mike McKinney    Email

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, will hit the radiowaves tomorrow with the Democrats' response to President Bush’s weekly radio address. Whitehouse's office announced that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, tapped him to respond. According to a press release......

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Hillary Clinton to visit R.I.; Obama supporters to canvass state

1:17 PM Fri, Feb 15, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will visit Rhode Island on Sunday, Feb. 24, her campaign announced today. Republican candidate John McCain visited the state yesterday -- the same day that Lincoln Chafee, former Republican Rhode Island senator, said he was......

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Romney lends his support, delegates to McCain / Photo

5:58 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

AP photo Romney, right, applauds as Sen. John McCain reaches out to shakes hands during a news conference in Boston today where the former GOP presidential candidate gave his backing to McCain. BOSTON -- Republican campaign dropout Mitt Romney......

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McCain gets warm welcome in Warwick, and Carcieri's endorsement

4:11 PM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal photo / Mary Murphy GOP presidential candidate Sen. John McCain speaks to a crowd of about 1,000 supporters at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick today. Among them were Governor Carcieri, at left. WARWICK -- U.S. Sen. John......

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R.I.'s Chafee backs Obama

11:05 AM Thu, Feb 14, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Former Republican U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee today endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, citing the Illinois senator’s longstanding opposition to the war in Iraq. Chafee, who lost a run for reelection in 2006, was the only Republican in the Senate......

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Photo: Obama opens campaign office in Providence

12:50 PM Wed, Feb 13, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

Providence Journal/Mary Murphy A local headquarters for the Barack Obama campaign for president has opened on the corner of Union and Westminster streets in Providence in the space used by Craftland during the holidays and the farmers market.......

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McCain to make campaign stop in R.I. on Thursday

7:42 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Republican presidential candidate John McCain will come to Rhode Island Thursday afternoon for a rally in Warwick. He's the first presidential candidate to do so in the lead-up to the state's March 4 primary. McCain is slated to appear at......

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Whitehouse, Reed split on vote passing Senate spy bill

7:13 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted overwhelmingly tonight to expand the government’s spying powers and – in a long-sought victory for President Bush – to grant legal immunity to the telephone companies that helped him launch a new warrantless wiretapping program......

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NFL's Goodell, Sen. Specter to meet up on Spygate

6:48 PM Tue, Feb 12, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

NEW YORK -- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will meet tomorrow with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter to discuss the Spygate case involving the New England Patriots. NFL officials say the afternoon meeting will take place in Specter's office. The Pennsylvania Republican......

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Ocean State on wrong course, say majority in Brown poll

7:23 PM Mon, Feb 11, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Rhode Island is headed on the wrong course, according to a strong majority of those sampled in a Brown University poll out today. And so are the poll numbers for key politicians at the controls. Even more wrong than poll......

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