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Thursday, November 16, 2006

Oregon: Independents, not parties, hold hammer

by Jerry Boone in The Oregonian:
....Nearly 61,000 independents comprise a group that is roughly two-thirds the size of either the Republican or Democratic parties in [Washington] county.
It is almost like having a third political party, but without the funny hats, the candidates and the computer-generated phone calls. ... [H]ow long before Washington County's most formidable political party is no party at all? When that happens, will elected officials be forced to have a conversation with the people who really determine if they get elected? And, how will they find them? ...

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