Bullet Point Election News: Clinton Campaign Snubs RI Superdelegate

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Rhode Island Mayor and Democratic Superdelegate David Cicilline may end his support of Hillary Clinton after serving as her state campaign chairperson.
Mayor Cicilline has had a long standing contract dispute with the local firefighters union who threatened to protest any Clinton event the mayor attends.
As a result Mayor Cicciline says he was contacted by national and local members of Clinton's campaign urging him to meet the firefighter's demands before Clinton's Sunday, February 24th rally and fundraiser.
Unwilling to change his position with regards to the firefighters Mayor Cicciline says he then received a phone call from Clinton political and field director Guy Cecil who asked him not to attend the Sunday rally.
Cicilline is quoted as saying: “It’s obviously something for me to think about very carefully, because I am very disappointed in the decision of the Clinton campaign. I’m not prepared to say more than that today. I obviously have tremendous respect for Senator Clinton, but I’m very disappointed in the decision of her campaign today,”