State Rep. John Loughlin (R), Providence Mayor David Cicilline (D) and Ken Capalbo (I) "squared off" in a 10/14 debate, "sharply disagreeing on a wide range of issues." The three "agreed that job creation should be one of the nation's top priorities." On the Bush tax cuts, Loughlin said he would make all of them permanent, Cicilline said he would make the middle class cuts permanent and Capalbo said he "would do away with all the tax cuts" (Dujardin, Providence Journal, 10/15).