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By John Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau There were bright skies and fair breezes outside the Rhode Island Republican delegation's hotel room near the Minneapolis airport at 3 p.m. Sunday as members sat in a lounge watching candidate John McCain on......
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5:46 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE -- Governor Carcieri enthused today about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's choice as John McCain's vice-presidential running mate, but other Rhode Island Republican delegates to the Republican National Convention said today they do not......
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2:23 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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The governor of the smallest state has weighed in on the choice of the governor of the largest state as the running mate for Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain. In a brief statement his afternoon, Governor Carcieri congratulated Gov.......
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12:31 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau DENVER -- The presumptive Republican presidential nominee's 72nd birthday today will put a lot of attention on the question of whether he would be fit for the job. If he is elected, John......
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12:11 PM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal Washington bureau chief John E. Mulligan files this report as he leaves Denver, where he has been covering the Democratic National Convention: Don't get too caught up in the national presidential horse race polls between Barack Obama and John......
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9:39 AM Fri, Aug 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOHN E, MULLIGAN Journal Washington bureau One of the pleasures of the peanut gallery known as the Writing Press Stand is to hear the nation's leading scribes rehearse the instant impressions that they will soon commit to the printed,......
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7:38 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Nicole Varella of Providence says she's very interested to hear what Barack Obama has to say tonight. Providence Journal photographers Gretchen Ertl and Andrew Dickerman asked people in downtown Providence today if they were planning to watch Barack Obama's......
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5:50 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rhode Island has been represented outside the Pepsi Center this week as well as inside the Democratic convention hall. The Ms. Foundation for Women is among the many groups that have noted the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with events......
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5:31 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rep. Jim Langevin did not have the kind of prominent speaking role at this week's convention that he has enjoyed in the past. But like the entire Rhode Island delegation, he has been busy with politics. On Wednesday, Langevin, who......
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4:16 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Barack Obama's campaign manager, a tactics-and-strategy wizard with a reputation for throwing zingers at the opposition, has a Rhode Island connection. David Plouffe is among the veterans of former House Democratic leader Dick Gephardt's staff who went over to work......
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4:10 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton gave the last major speech of her 2008 campaign. Or perhaps was it the first of her 2012 campaign? She said vote-for-Barack enough times and at enough volume to protect her from accusations of trying......
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4:00 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Anyone who covers a convention has to marvel at how little the locals care about it. I'm staying in the Highlands, a funky Denver neighborhood of renovated bungalows. The residents are overwhelmingly of the liberal -- some might say "far-left"--......
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2:19 PM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Tonight, supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama are meeting at a downtown Providence restaurant to watch him accept the Democratic presidential nomination. A letter from Ryan Sullivan, the Rhode Island state director of the Obama campaign, invites supporters to......
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10:52 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Democrats' key message in this campaign is "change." But while the word is most associated with their presidential candidate, Barack Obama, it also applies to the party's members of Congress. As the Democrats' House membership expands, it is moving......
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9:03 AM Thu, Aug 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
After craning their necks all week to catch glimpses of the Democratic stars on the faraway stage at the Pepsi Center, Rhode Island's delegation was looking forward to the moment when the national spotlight would find them up in the......
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8:10 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Here is the text of the prepared speech to be given by U.S. Sen. Jack Reed at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, as provided by Reed's office in advance: Good evening, I'm Senator Jack Reed from Rhode Island. As......
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5:39 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington Bureau DENVER -- A congregation of politicians, medical professionals, lobbyists, and Hollywood stars gathered at the Denver Art Museum over salmon and arugula to agitate for something that can be in short supply at......
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5:29 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Few people in American politics know Joe Biden better than Thomas S. LaFauci of Cranston, who served as the Delaware senator's speechwriter from 2001 to 2007. "He can be a great orator,'' said LaFauci in an interview today. "When he......
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5:07 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Outside Supreme Court Chief Justice Frank Williams' office this afternoon, a contractor was working on scaffolding along the edge of the room. The worker was installing 23-carat gold leaf on the detailed ceiling trim, part of what appeared to be......
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4:56 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Political Scene received an invitation today for a retirement party celebrating longtime Senate Fiscal Adviser Russell C. Dannecker. "After 28 years of hard work and dedication, it's time to take a permanent vacation," reads the ornate invitation, which came with......
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2:32 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Republican party is moving up, or at least moving across town. The GOP has packed up its headquarters in the Apponaug section of Warwick and moved into a more spacious location in the Airport Plaza on Post......
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1:44 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By JOHN E. MULLIGAN Journal Washington bureau Sen. Jack Reed will be in the vanguard tonight as the Democratic Party's leading voices on defense and foreign affairs make a case for Barack Obama as commander in chief. They will also......
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1:02 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal White House bureau DENVER -- The last crackle of static over the disaffection of Hillary Clinton backers may not sputter out until the last delegate leaves Barack Obama's convention on Friday. But Frank Montanaro, R.I.'s......
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12:38 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal White House bureau DENVER -- The R.I. delegation is on board with the message spelled out on the plaques waved during Hillary Clinton's speech last night: "Hillary," "Obama," "Unity." But at this uncommonly unsettled Democratic......
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12:37 PM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight will undoubtedly show his passionate side; vice-presidential candidates traditionally are a presidential ticket's designated attack dogs. Rhode Islanders of a certain age will remember another time that Biden spoke from his......
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8:55 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Since the hilarious Prohibition-era reports of The Baltimore Sun's H.L. Mencken and before, the American political convention has been a great place to drink. The free-flowing tradition holds this week in the Mile High City, where the Democratic National Convention......
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7:52 AM Wed, Aug 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Charlie Neibergall Former President Bill Clinton listen to his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., address the Democratic National Convention last night. It's his turn to talk to the delegates tonight. DENVER (AP) -- The theme......
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7:28 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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In a sure sign that the State House is waking from its long summer slumber, the House of Representatives commission studying the state pension system will meet tomorrow for the first time since the General Assembly recessed back in June.......
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7:08 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Ron Edmonds U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., hugs her daughter, Chelsea, during a podium tour today at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton, who battled Barack Obama to be the party's presidential pick and still has......
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7:05 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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Media Matters for America, a liberal group that analyzes the media, has accused talk-show hosts on NBC and MSNBC of exaggerating the importance of Hillary Clinton supporters now making their anti-Obama feelings known in Denver. In doing so, they are......
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5:25 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
The Republicans are here to rain on Barack Obama's parade. They are also here in the Mile High City, with a war room, anti-Obama buttons, some small street demonstrations and some big-name media hits. They've even got a counter slogan......
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4:43 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rhode Island DNC delegate Myrth York, an ardent supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy, has become reconciled to the New York senator's loss. But that doesn't mean the former gubernatorial candidate has softened her belief that women still face prejudice......
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4:20 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rhode Island delegates took their coffee this morning with Walter Mondale, the former vice president and longtime Democrtaic senator from Minnesota. Mondale, who was the party's nominee for president in 1984, joined in the partisan raves for Monday's program in......
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4:14 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- Democrat Barack Obama commands a 20-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race among Rhode Island voters who were surveyed, according to a Brown University poll out today. The survey, conducted Aug. 18-20, also found that......
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3:12 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Elayne Burke is best known in East Bay as the proprieter of Chatelaine, the upscale women's clothing boutique on Bristol's waterfront. But this week in Denver, Burke, a Roger Williams Law School graduate and veteran of the Bill Clinton White......
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1:35 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau Better late than never, the Democratic unity machine is chugging into gear, with all hands ready to cheer New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention tonight, and most......
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12:51 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau Some Rhode Island convention delegates put the speeches and the symbols into the context of a grand national campaign strategy. Some delegates put the same sights and sounds into the context of the......
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12:27 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Journal Washington Bureau Former Rhode Island Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty has his take on last night's Democratic National Convention proceedings. Insiders like himself -- and the many thousands of delegates, politicos and reporters here at the......
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12:03 PM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Charlie Neibergall Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., acknowledges the crowd at the end of his speech at the Democratic National Convention last night. Behind him are his son, Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island, and his......
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10:30 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Froma Harrop Email
Denver's 16th Street Mall, a lively pedestrian thoroughfare filled with shops and eateries, is normally a festive place. This week, almost all the celebrants have been Democrats, in town for their national convention. But not all. A number of McCain......
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8:51 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
The instant analysis from members of the Rhode Island delegation is in: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Michelle Obama launched what shapes up as a successful passing of the torch to Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Former Providence Mayor Joe Paolino:......
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8:25 AM Tue, Aug 26, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Greetings from the Mile High City, and yes, we have a winner, kind of. Yesterday's Political Pop Quiz, you'll recall, asked this: Before Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, has any U.S. politician ever been chosen to run for vice president......
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9:32 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The suspense is over. U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy has taken the podium in person on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. The ailing icon of the Kennedy political family, who recently underwent brain surgery, said, "As I look......
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8:52 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Froma Harrop Journal editorial writer/columnist The crowds of convention-goers seeking the exits at the main terminal of Denver International Airport couldn't have helped but notice a charming wood map of the United States that assigns some pop cultural oddity......
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6:24 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Political Pop Quiz: Before Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, has any U.S. politician ever been chosen to run for vice president after two unsuccessful campaigns for president? First correct answer wins an electronic pat on the back. Post your answers......
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6:10 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
For the casual voter, a national convention may be a quick look at the headline speakers between (click) innings of the ball game. But for those in the game it is a vast bazaar of wares -- T-shirts, music, learned......
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6:05 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Policy positions are all well and good, but public officials get lots of chances to touch lives in a much more direct way, and people remember that sort of attention. Case in point: Former Rhode Island Gov. Bruce Sundlun's first......
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5:40 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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AP photo / Jae C. Hong Caroline Kennedy and her son, John Schlossberg, and daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, left, stand at the podium today as they tour the site of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. The gathering begins today......
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5:09 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The conventions are coming. The Democrats begin in Denver today. The Republicans follow in St. Paul next week. You'll see Barack Obama and John McCain, of course. But there's a good chance you'll also see John King. He's an independent:......
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3:49 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island is a galaxy far, far away from next week's Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., but you'd never know it with all the GOP star power expected in Newport this evening. Slated to attend a campaign money-raiser......
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1:52 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Tomorrow night's big bash at the Democratic National Convention will feature food from eight American cities, including Italian fare from the Old Canteen, a favorite on Providence's Federal Hill. The party theme is "A Taste of American Cities" and will......
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1:25 PM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Froma Harrop Email
Political junkies often treat elections as horse races, and the great hope for Democratic activists in 2008 is a thoroughbred named Turnout. Their dream come true would be for Turnout to win a trifecta -- young people, unmarried women and......
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11:30 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Rhode Island's delegation to the Democratic National Convention is here, featuring more than one three-delegate family, politicos deploying to a full range of issue-oriented events and Sen. Jack Reed on tap for a supporting role later in the week. Tim......
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10:55 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
In this week's voter-registration push by Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis: Mollis is heading to the Bank of America headquarters at Kennedy Plaza tomorrow to register company employees to vote. Mollis' team says it hopes to sign up as......
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10:47 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
It's no secret that this week's Democratic National Convention is a political schmooze fest, but it's also a chance for Rhode Island politicos to hobnob with the power players from Hollywood. Among them, Emmy award-winner Joe "Joey Pants" Pantoliano of......
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10:30 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
DENVER -- U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is in Denver on the first day of his party's national convention. The Massachusetts senator is battling brain cancer and hadn't been expected to attend the convention. But two Democratic officials said he......
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3:10 AM Mon, Aug 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Preconvention jitters are a staple of these quadrennial extravaganzas, but the Democrats here to nominate Barack Obama for president this week are in a higher-than-usual state of anxiety. Consider the informal debate between a couple of Rhode Islanders at the......
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5:10 PM Sun, Aug 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Some excitement is beginning to build around one of the secondary suspense stories of the Democratic National Convention -- the possibility that the ailing patriarch of a storied political family, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, will make an appearance in Denver.......
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3:33 PM Sun, Aug 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Former Rep. Jim Leach of Iowa, who recently joined former Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee as a leader of Republicans for Obama, was spotted yesterday afternoon at Denver's Pepsi Center as workers readied the hall for tomorrow's kick-off of......
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1:52 PM Sat, Aug 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Will Powers / AP photo Judy Cook of Denver, left, gets help with a button from her friend, Pam Hellenen of Conifer, Colo., as they buy some political souvenirs today in Denver, where the Democratic National Convention begins on......
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5:50 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photo / Sandor Bodo Among those turning out today for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Portsmouth for the Narragansett Bay Blue Trail -- a water-based trail for kayaks and canoes -- were three members of the R.I. congressional delegation.......
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12:21 PM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepared to name his running mate, perhaps as early as Friday, from a small field that included at least one dark-horse finalist. Democratic officials said little-known Texas Rep. Chet Edwards was one of......
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11:23 AM Fri, Aug 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Governor Carcieri will head to the GOP convention in Minneapolis early next month. Carcieri's administration reports that he and his wife, Sue Carcieri, will travel to the convention on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and stay through Friday, Sept. 5, the morning......
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5:21 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Will disappointed backers of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign impair the progress of Sen. Barack Obama's historic run for the White House? Not by Rep. James R. Langevin's lights. The Rhode Island congressman aims to cast a proud vote......
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4:39 PM Thu, Aug 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Mike McKinney Email
EMPORIA, Va. -- Barack Obama says he's decided on a running mate, but he won't say who. "I've made the selection, that's all you're gonna get," Obama told reporters while campaigning in Virginia today. Obama didn't say whether he's informed......
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3:40 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
As the Senate prepares to return to the State House this afternoon to confirm a spate of new appointments, its members can expect to see a familiar face. R. David Cruise, Senate President Joseph Montalbano's chief of staff, is still......
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3:02 PM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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The state Democratic party is calling on Governor Carcieri to disclose who is paying for his legal defense before the state Ethics Commission as it investigates whether the governor broke anti-nepotism rules in hiring his niece for a state job.......
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7:54 AM Wed, Aug 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
The speculation is loud that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama could announce his choice of a running mate today. The campaign has said it will announce the choice via cell phone text message to supporters. The list of possibles, according......
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6:11 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
It's hard to escape the immigration issue these days. Recognizing that local police departments may encounter immigration matters in their daily policing, the State Police say they will work to help local police departments handle such situations. That starts tomorrow......
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4:29 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON -- Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed will speak about national security at next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver. Reed, who is widely considered a respected voice on military affairs in the Senate, is among the roster of speakers......
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3:20 PM Tue, Aug 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Katherine Gregg, Journal State House Bureau The former head of the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council has landed the top spot in the Urban Redevelopment Commission for Stamford, Conn., the city from whence he first came to the Ocean......
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6:10 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE -- The state Senate Judiciary Committee plans to meet tomorrow to consider confirmation of judges, a fire marshal and new Rhode Island Resource Recovery board members. The committee will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 313 of the State......
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1:16 PM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Scott MacKay Email
Former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun was elected a director of the the Eighth Air Force Historical Society at the society's recent annual meting in Savannah, Georgia. The Eighth Air Force Historical Society was created in 1975 to preserve......
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11:20 AM Mon, Aug 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is having a community dinner tomorrow in North Providence at the Salvatore Mancini Senior Resource and Activity Center. Whitehouse will answer questions from constituents and speak about the nation's foreclosure crisis, rising energy costs and other topics.......
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4:17 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
Secretary of state spokesman Chris Barnett gets this week's cheesy headline award for a press release touting his boss' participation in a weekend voter registration drive: "Mollis Will Be Rockin' and Registerin' with WBRU in Providence on Sunday" Political Scene......
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3:40 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Daniel Barbarisi Some say that politics is a dangerous business -- Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline is sporting the cast to prove it. Cicilline was attending a political fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee on a boat in Sag......
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12:18 PM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, fresh from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, will meet today at 5 p.m. with Rhode Island Young Democrats at the Ri Ra Irish Pub at 50 Exchange Terrace in......
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11:11 AM Fri, Aug 15, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
RICHMOND -- A week after a federal judge struck down a state law that Richmond police had used in previous campaigns to remove political signs, Rod Driver, the candidate who filed the federal lawsuit, returned yesterday afternoon to the very......
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2:19 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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Governor Carcieri has ordered Rhode Island state flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Rhode Island native Sgt. Michael Ferschke Jr., a 22-year-old Marinewho was killed Fallujah, Iraq on Sunday during a house-to-house search. Flags will remain at half staff......
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2:15 PM Thu, Aug 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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The State House has returned to its sleepy summer schedule yesterday after a day of hard work. Well, sort of. The hallways may have been buzzing, but the suit-clad types weren't the legislators and lobbyists; they were extras for the......
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1:04 PM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan Journal Washington bureau Former Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee, who left the GOP last year and later endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, has signed on with "Republicans for Obama,'' saying that the Illinois senator embodies "my......
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10:23 AM Tue, Aug 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Photo courtesy of Clay Pell Clay Pell and Jacquelyn Kung in their T-shirts. The English translation is on the back. There was an echo of Rhode Island's age-old traditions of personal freedoms in a quiet but pointed demonstration of......
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12:51 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
With a dire warning about how global warming might damage the Ocean State, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has organized a local session of the Senate committee in charge of such environmental issues. "This issue is real, time is of the essence,......
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12:48 PM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Steve Peoples Email
John McCain has no plans to travel to the Ocean State this month. But his mother does. Roberta McCain, 96, is scheduled to headline a Newport fundraiser Aug. 25, according to an invitation from the McCain camp, with the backing......
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8:56 AM Fri, Aug 08, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Running low on presidential politics? The folks at the Obama campaign will pump out some talking points on energy issues today as motorists top off their tanks at gasoline stations in Providence. ``What better time to talk to people about......
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6:16 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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State Rep. Ray Sullivan has been hired to lead Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama's Rhode Island operations. The campaign released a statement Thursday afternoon naming the 31-year-old Coventry Democrat as the campaign's state director. Sullivan becomes the first paid......
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4:28 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
Saturday is the voter-registration deadline for Rhode Island's primary election on Sept. 9. Each city and town has made accommodations to allow residents to register on Saturday, the deadline, according to Secretary of State Ralph Mollis's office. Locations in every......
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2:54 PM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Democratic presidential hopeful, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has hired state Rep. Ray Sullivan to serve as the campaign's Rhode Island state director. The 31-year-old Coventry Democrat confirmed the move this afternoon. Sullivan will lead Obama's campaign efforts in Rhode Island......
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11:28 AM Thu, Aug 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
Rhode Islanders may be settled into the dog days of August, but Governor Carcieri says he's looking ahead to winter. The governor's office yesterday released a statement saying Carcieri has joined other Northeast governors in requesting that President Bush increase......
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10:49 AM Wed, Aug 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
Attention, government customers: Don't let that federal largess go begging! That will be the theme -- not in so many words -- of a pair of events next Tuesday that members of Rhode Island's congressional delegation are promoting to show......
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7:18 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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The state Supreme Court has stepped in to delay the layoffs of five state sheriffs who said they were unfairly laid off by the Carcieri administration, but who lost their case when they went to court. In a decision late......
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6:57 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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State Treasurer Frank T. Caprio is headed to Martha's Vineyard. But don't expect him to log much beach time. Caprio is one of three state treasurers asked to deliver opening remarks at next week's World Pension Forum, a three-day conference......
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5:39 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Carcieri administration has not yet filed a Superior Court response to the objections set forth by Council 94, the state employees union that has formerly opposed its plan to impose higher health insurance costs on state workers who rejected......
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5:02 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Cynthia Needham Email
As he tries to boost his name recognition in the campaign against Democratic U.S. Congressman James R. Langevin, Republican Mark Zaccaria has offered up a challenge: 20 debates in 20 towns before November's election day. "I look forward to a......
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2:33 PM Tue, Aug 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John E. Mulligan, Washington bureau Email
WASHINGTON -- Before they departed for the congressional summer recess, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and several Senate colleagues joined in a renewed effort to forbid U.S. intelligence personnel to use certain harsh methods of interrogation. The senators introduced a bill,......
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5:32 PM Fri, Aug 01, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Susan Areson Email
By Mike McKinney, projo.com Governor Carcieri has ordered the state Department of Administration to remove its job posting for a public affairs officer, according to his office. On projo.com yesterday and in today's print edition, The Journal reported that the......
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