A little background for non-Rhode Islanders re:Caprio

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

There is a reason many of us are suspicious of this fellow.

He met with the RNC in February.

http://www.projo.com/extra/election/content/edward_fitzpatrick_9_09-09-10_S0JQF05_v21.23815dd.html

General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, the Democratic candidate for governor, met with Republican National Committee officials in February, an RNC spokesman confirmed this week.

RNC Chairman Michael S. Steele was scheduled to attend the meeting with Caprio at RNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., spokesman Parish Braden said, but he couldn’t immediately confirm whether Steele attended or provide an exact date.

The meeting occurred at a time when the RNC chief of staff was Kenneth K. McKay IV (a Rhode Islander who once served as chief of staff for Republican Governor Carcieri), so you’d think McKay would attend. But McKay declined to comment Wednesday, and Braden couldn’t confirm whether McKay attended.

The meeting occurred at a time when Caprio was facing questions about whether he’d run as a Democrat, Republican or independent. Caprio is a lifelong Democrat, but he was viewed as more conservative than the other Democrat running for governor at the time, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch (who dropped out in July).

Silent for almost a week, Caprio claimed the meeting was with an old friend.

http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/09/caprio-says-rnc-visit-was-to-m.html

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) -- Frank Caprio, Democratic nominee for Rhode Island governor, says he visited the Republican National Committee earlier this year to meet with a longtime friend who was then the chief of staff.

Caprio told The Associated Press on Thursday that Ken McKay, a former campaign manager for Republican Governor Carcieri (and Carcieri's former chief of staff), was the old friend he wanted to see. Caprio would not say what they discussed. McKay did not immediately return a phone message Thursday.

Now, Michael Steele claims it was "just a visit" but admits he talked to him.

http://newsblog.projo.com/2010/10/rnc-chair-steele-says-he-met-c.html

Rhode Island National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, in a visit to Warwick Monday, confirmed that he'd met with Rhode Island gubernatorial candidate Frank Caprio at RNC headquarters in February, but said he didn't talk to Caprio about running as a Republican.

"He came down to visit my chief of staff (Kenneth K. McKay), who he knew a mutual friend. He was in town. They talked. I said, hello, nice to meet him. That was it," Steele said.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. ANY politician who tells another politician that they can "shove" their endorsement, must have

studied at the Karl Palladino School of Politics and Diplomacy.

It is not a very intelligent thing to say..even if it is how he feels.

Godforbid this guy would get elected...exactly how much help would he expect for his state from the President that he told to "shove it"?

I would not vote for the man under ANY circumstances, and I must think that Rhode Islanders are smart enough to know that.

I did hear on the radio this AM that Caprio is more conservative than the Independent candidate..who endorsed Obama for President..and of course I am having a brain fart trying to recall his name.

EDIT: DUH>>Lincoln Chaffee.

[emulatorloo]

2. thnks n/t