This is the Clips Round-Up for Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

Rhode Island is evaluating the success of their public matching-funds program in their most recent election. This article, courtesy of The Providence Journal outlines the broad use of the program, in particular by the challenger to Governor Carcieri, Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty but suggests candidates are disadvantaged if they use the system in a primary against a privately financed opponent.