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Providence City Solicitor Joseph Fernandez isn't allowing his nascent 2010 campaign for AG to completely cast away the possibility of working in the Obama administration. Last Friday, during a taping for next Sunday's broadcast of WPRI/WNAC-TV's...
Obama's inauguration remains weeks away, but discontent about the direction of his administration is already simmering among some of his liberal supporters. Deirdre Fulton and Jeff Inglis, two of my colleagues at the Portland Phoenix, write about...
So writes David Bernstein , who offers a top-20 list in this week's Phoenix of why the planet is feeling happy about 44 . Obama has signaled his intentions to make environmental concerns a priority within his administration — as suggested by the top...
During his newser to introduce his national security team yesterday, President-elect Obama faced the inevitable question --basically how could he draft Hillary to be his SoS after their bitter back-and-forth during the bygone primary season, not to mention...
Guess those privacy concerns aren't putting too many people off (NYT's the Caucus via Halperin ): According to officials at the Obama-Biden transition office they have received more than 200,000 applications for positions through the online form...
Speaking of Liasson, she gave Obama favorable reviews on his transition effort. In contrast to the Clinton administration, when Cabinet picks were finalized just days before 42 took office, Obama is moving with alacrity to fill the top jobs. Such helpers...
During her appearance at Providence's Central Congregational Church last night, NPR's Mara Liasson noted how Barack Obama has been likened to the Google of politics -- because of his facility with technology and because of his unparalleled audience...
While Obama's use of YouTube has been cited as an emblem of his tech-friendliness, it's only a matter of time before his BlackBerry gets yanked, reports today's New York Times . But before he arrives at the White House, he will probably be...
Mike Miliard takes up the question in this week's Phoenix : "A military base is like the most successful flowering of socialism in the world," says Kathy Roth-Douquet, co-author, with Frank Schaeffer, of, How Free People Move Mountains:...
Ohio is justly known as a linchpin in deciding presidential elections. As it happens, the Buckeye State is where Providence City Solicitor Joseph M. Fernandez, and his wife, Emily Maranjian, a white-collar prosecutor in AG Patrick Lynch's office,...
Mark Halperin's The Page emerged as a must-read in this campaign season. Now that the election's over, there's no reason to think his site will be any less indispensable. Some of the latest: -- MSNBC has backed off a report reports that Rahm...
From the Obama camp: PROVIDENCE, RI – The Obama campaign announced today that hundreds of Obama supporters will participate in a statewide canvasses this weekend, going door-to-door in Rhode Island to share Senator Obama’s vision to unite our country...
Speaking from his post at Brown University , Chafee said he will vote for Obama in Rhode Island's March 4 presidential primary. "I urge other Rhode Islanders to do likewise," he said. Chafee described serving with Obama on the Senate Environment and Public...
I'm on standby for the conference call, but Halperin is reporting that Linc Chafee is endorsing Obama .
From the Obama campaign: The Obama campaign announced that Attorney General Patrick Lynch and former Lieutenant Governor Charlie Fogarty will join Obama supporters at the campaign’s Rhode Island office opening TONIGHT, Wednesday February 13th. The office...
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