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Rhode Island, with its mighty four electoral votes, is typically on the margins of presidential politics. Yet with our own New Hampshire-style presidential primary this year, and with scores of Rhode Islanders assisting Obama's campaign in various...
As Greg Cook reports in this week's Phoenix: There are the usual ways of spelling out your support for a candidate, and then there’s this weekend’s “Bike Write for Obama.” Sarah Sandman, 28, is organizing a group “typographic bike ride” across Providence...
As the old George Carlin routine has it , baseball is lovey-dovey and football is war-like, so does this make for GOP synergy with the gridiron? The RI GOP seems to think so:
The RI Young Democrats have an event tonight: The Democratic National Convention is quickly approaching and the RI Young Democrats are keeping busy right here at home! We hope you can join us for these upcoming events and help as we all work together...
Brown alum Anna Galland, formerly the gracious and good-humored local program director for the American Friends Service Committee , is now working for Moveon.org . Via the organization's outreach, she sent word of the following event: The most important...
As part of its advocacy for Obama's campaign, MoveOn is seeking nationwide hosts for what it calls its Bush-McCain Challenge : Sign up to host a Bush-McCain Challenge table on Wednesday, May 28th. We'll give you everything you need to hold a successful...
Kim's got the scoop on where local Obama supporters will be tonight: After a short meeting tonight, beginning at 8:00PM , the RI Young Democrats will be watching the Pennsylvania Primary returns. Please join us on this exciting night for all Democrats...
As is customary in the Best issue, we at the Phoenix profile some people doing exemplary work around Rhode Island. The winners this time include Ramon Martinez , Bill Harley , Bob Fusaro , and Ren Whitaker. Like most people, Ren Whitaker had never felt...
I checked out the scene last night at Lupo's. Here's a brief report I wrote for this week's Phoenix: There were the makings of a celebration as the What Cheer? Brigade unleashed its joyous cacophony amid hundreds of Barack Obama supporters at Lupo’s Heartbreak...
I haven't seen anything from the Clinton campaign on where it will be tonight -- perhaps at their headquarters. Here's the word from the Obama folk: PROVIDENCE , RI – After an unprecedented four day “Get Out the Vote” effort, during which thousands of...
Speaking of delegates, voters in the First Congressional District have the opportunity to cast tallies for Joseph M. Fernandez , Jeff Padwa , and Rhoades Alderson , three of the key figures in Obama's RI campaign. The trio helped to get things moving...
Members of the Rhode Island Young Democrats are among the delegates running on today's primary ballot: For Senator Clinton CD1: Jennifer Claire Paolino Meghan Grady CD2: Andy Andujar James A. Cenerini Amy E. Gabarra Mark S. Weiner For Senator Obama CD1...
Very curious that the ProJo skips any endorsement today, even on the Republican side, for Tuesday's primary. In related news, -- Brown's Jen Lawless is out with a poll showing 42 percent of respondents for Clinton, 37 percent for Obama, and a whopping...
UPDATE II: TEDDY IN TOWN TOMORROW: PROVIDENCE , RI – The Obama campaign announced today that Senator Edward M. Kennedy will travel to Rhode Island to campaign for Barack Obama tomorrow, Friday February 29th. Congressman Patrick Kennedy and Attorney General...
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.
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