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Sunday, July 08, 2007

Conversations on Independence

Left of Centrist caught my attention today, pointing to John Good's Left in Aboite (cross-posted at Blue Indiana) talking about independent voters leaning left, which they think is a good thing for the Dems.... Cyberhillbilly in Kentucky was talking with Gatewood Galbraith the other day and reports that the former Reform Party candidate says that indies will determine the winner of the gov race. Cyberhillbilly (gotta love that name!) also points us to a Huffington Post article by Thomas B. Edsall talking about indies leaning to the Dems. Independents Unbound thinks "independents and disaffected conservatives will push Democrats to a landslide victory in 2008, barring another "new Pearl Harbor," and maybe because of one...."

As Virginia blogger Jerry Fuhrman From On High cautions: "Of course, the Democrats won't be nominating someone named "A. Democrat" for president; they'll be nominating the Beast From The East. Let those Washington Post pollsters substitute that name (Hillary!) for "A. Democrat" and see how those independent voters' opinions run...."

Yes, the jury's still out on this one! And lest we forget -- independent voters are notorious for not supporting parties at all....

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I read your link to From On High, I was intrigued by the slight whiff of sexism in his quote("Beast from the East", I mean WTF?) , so I followed it's stench to his right-wing site. I'm sorry but finding a right-winger who hates Hillary Clinton is a little like finding a piece of hay in a hay stack!

I'm not saying independents love Hillary, but you're not doing much to make that case by citing the piece of a man who is out of touch with apx. 70% of independents.