The typical unwillingness of Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline to go on talk radio has become very conspicuous once again, following Governor Carcieri's appearance this week on The O'Reilly Factor.
The mayor's critics have reason to describe his approach as "duck and cover."
Cicilline has his own explanation for what went wrong in the case involving Marco Riz. Yet when he cedes the ground to his critics, he largely forfeits the opportunity to make an effective defense of his own position.
I'll have more on this -- and the question of whether Cicilline will run for governor in 2010 -- in this week's Phoenix.