Frank Caprio, the “shove it” Rhode Island Democrat who didn’t get President Obama’s endorsement for governor, is getting another pretty big White House name to campaign for him — former President Bill Clinton. Clinton will make his second visit to the state Sunday on behalf of Caprio, who is running against former Sen. Lincoln Chafee [...]
Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio, stung by President Obama’s failure to support his campaign, said Tuesday he stands by his dismissive remark Monday when he said the president can take his endorsement and “really shove it.” “The White House wants to play politics,” Caprio told NBC’s “Today” show. “. . . It’s the [...]
This coarse election season, which seems to keep outdoing itself in that regard, has taken another crass turn. Frank Caprio, the Democratic candidate for Rhode Island governor, says President Obama can “shove it” for not endorsing him.Obama will be visiting Rhode Island on Monday to promote his small business bill and lend a hand in [...]
CENTREVILLE, Md. — In the 2008 U.S. House race, Queen Anne County prosecutor Frank M. Kratovil Jr. narrowly beat Republican State Sen. Andy Harris, a physician who only conceded his 2,852-vote loss after a week of ballot counting. At the time, many in the GOP felt Harris would have won if Dr. Richard Davis, a [...]
Rep. Barney Frank, an influential lawmaker now in the fight of his political life against a Republican challenger, has loaned his own campaign for reelection $200,000. Frank, the chairman of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, raised more than $316,644 last quarter and has more than $1 million on hand for the stretch run in [...]
He is one of the brainiest, most outspoken, most liberal members of the U.S. House, but even Democrat Barney Frank, the powerful chairman of the Banking Committee, is in a competitive race for reelection in his Boston-area district. Frank is campaigning aggressively against Republican Sean Bielat, so much so that he has cut back drastically [...]
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