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Although the Democratic National Convention begins in four days, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse , one of Rhode Island's superdelegates, says he is undecided who he will support when Hillary Clinton's name is included in a roll call vote during...
In 2004, Democrats tried using the national security argument -- not very successfully -- against President Bush. Now, with Obama taking Senators Jack Reed and Chuck Hagel with him to Iraq, Reed is once again getting the call to lend the respect that...
A prominent Rhode Island Democrat with whom I spoke yesterday expects Barack Obama to win the November election in a blowout. Dan Kennedy , however, writing in the Guardian, is not so sure. Be afraid. It's not just a warning - it's a campaign...
Got $162 billion more for war? No problem. But what about that Osama guy? From today's New York Times : Intelligence reports for more than a year had been streaming in about Osama bin Laden ’s terrorism network rebuilding in the Pakistani tribal areas...
As has been reported, Colin Powell took aside President Bush before the US invaded Iraq and told him about the Pottery Barn Rule . In other words, you break it, you own it. We recently looked at some of the impacts of the war: [There's] a tab in the trillions...
Isn't there something a bit striking in how Obama's minister problem has come to a head at the same time as the fifth anniversary of the Iraq? I mean, yes, some of Jeremiah Wright's statements are not the kind of thing to which you want to hitch your...
If you listen to John McCain , or Bob Watson, his man in RI, they will tell you that the Surge is working in Iraq. Yet political progress remains elusive, and, as the New York Times reported yesterday, a diminished level of violence is the same thing...
The ProJo's Mark Arsenault asked Hillary Clinton yesterday about her vote for the war in Iraq: The New York senator’s former Senate colleague, Rhode Island’s Lincoln D. Chafee, is highly critical of Clinton and other members of Congress who voted in 2002...
In reference to my earlier post, I've received pictures depicting demonstrators greeting Hillary's appearance at RIC. I will post the pictures tomorrow morning, with the delay being due to a technical issue.
UPDATE: Where were they? I didn't see any sign of demonstrators before, during, or after Hillary's address. --- I plan to cover two one of Hillary's three local events today and will report back later. In the interim, Matt has the details on plans for...
As the battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama intensifies in advance of Rhode Island ’s March 4 presidential primary, some local Obama supporters are criticizing Clinton for having accepted at least $2000 in 2005 and 2006 from the political action...
A few days ago, I touched on how the Republicans are pulling a naked emperor bit in attacking the Democrats on the national security-terrorism front. Two related things today: -- On the front of the ProJo, a McClatchy story tells us how US-enabled Pakistan...
There are a number of lively revelations in Scott MacKay's ProJo story today on the forthcoming book by former US Senator Lincoln Chafee . This following quote about the run-up to the Iraq war, in particular, could be construed as a sharp slap at Hillary...
After 9-11, the nation rallied around President Bush and placed a lot of credulity in his statements and leadership. We've seen where that has gotten us. While Jack Reed might not want to become defense secretary, he's the kind of Democrat, because of...
Senator Pete Domenici is the latest Republican to break ranks with President Bush on his policy in Iraq. Heavy casualties continue amid the "surge," while defenders of the administration say that large numbers of Al Qaeda are being wiped out. Is all of...
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