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Republican upset brewing in RI-01 (Patrick Kennedy’s former seat)

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Dems rush money to help David Cicilline survive brutal air war

Democrat David Cicilline appears to be crumbling under devastating ads run by Brendan Doherty  highlighting Cicilline’s mismanagement of Providence when he was Mayor, his lies during the 2010 congressional campaign about Providence’s finances, and his soft law and order record.

Doherty, the former Superintendent of the State Police with a stellar reputation, is making the race about character.

The Cicilline campaign is complaining bitterly about the ferocity of the Doherty ads.

Via Roll Call:

A new GOP poll found Republican Brendan Doherty leading Rep. David Cicilline (D) by 6 points in the hard fought and bitterly nasty race for Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional district.

The respected Republican firm OnMessage conducted a survey of likely voters for Doherty, which found him leading Cicilline 45 percent to 39 percent in a horse race matchup. Six percent of those polled said they would vote for independent candidate David Vogel, while 11 percent remained undecided.

Forty-two percent had a favorable view of Doherty, a retired state police officer, while 33 percent had an unfavorable view. Thirty-nine percent had a favorable view of Cicilline, while 46 percent had an unfavorable view of him….

 

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» 8 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    October 28th, 2012

    A 30 second ad that nails the f–ker.

    Love it!

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  2. Anonymous

    October 28th, 2012

    A retired state police officer vs. a pansy assed pussy?

    You choose.

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  3. Claudia

    October 28th, 2012

    “The Cicilline campaign is complaining bitterly about the ferocity of the Doherty ads.”

    Aww, did the widdle baby get his feweens hurt?

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  4. Maudie N Mandeville

    October 28th, 2012

    Truth always makes for a “nasty” campaign.

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  5. Trellane

    October 28th, 2012

    Dems rush money to help David Cicilline survive brutal air war

    Too damn bad our men in Benghazi weren’t running for office–the Dems might have sent them help, then

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  6. Death_By_Farts

    October 28th, 2012

    Folks, if this can happen in RI, which is one of the bluest-of-blue states…Watch for it to happen all across the country.

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  7. Anonymous

    October 28th, 2012

    @ farts: I pray you are right!!!

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  8. cfm990

    October 28th, 2012

    Score one (fingers crossed) for the good guys.

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