Obama Coming to Newport: Questions for the President from Community Leaders
Friday, August 29, 2014
President Barack Obama will be in Newport today to headline a DCCC fundraiser to benefit House Democrats at Seafair, the Newport home of Rick Bready.
GoLocal asked business and community leaders around the Ocean State what they would ask the President, if they had the opportunity to ask one question.
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GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTThis visit marks President Obama’s first trip to Rhode Island since 2010. First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Ocean State on June 2nd to take part in a keel-laying ceremony for the future submarine USS Illinois at Electric Boat at Quonset Point.
President Barack Obama had an approval rating of 43.0 percent among likely Rhode Island voters surveyed in the most recent statewide public opinion poll conducted by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University in April 2014, while a plurality (46.6%) disapproved of the way the President is handling the economy. The statewide poll also found that an overwhelming majority of Rhode Island voters had a pessimistic view of the economy in the Ocean State -- 92% of respondents said the local economy in Rhode Island is "not so good" or "poor" -- and two-thirds (62.5%) of voters said that generally speaking, things in Rhode Island are off on the wrong track.
The President is scheduled to board Air Force One at Westchester County Airport at 5:00 PM for the trip to Rhode Island, and is expected to return to Westchester immediately following the fundraiser so he can attend the wedding of his personal chef at a Pocantico Hills, NY restaurant on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration has issued temporary flight restrictions over Providence and Newport for the duration of the President's visit.
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President Obama will be in Newport today to headline a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) fundraiser at "Seafair" the Newport home of Rick Bready. GoLocal asked local business and community leaders if they had the opportunity to ask the President one question -- what would it be, and why?
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