TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Betty Ward, New Hampshire Committee for an Independent Voice, speaks out (Concord Monitor) about Imperial Candidates Hillary and John Edwards' "caught on tape" moment after the NAACP forum -- "Let the people decide" she says... MyDD and Primary Source and Dennis Kucinich caught it too, as did hundreds of voters who emailed or wrote letters to Howard Dean calling for inclusive debates....

• Google is holding town hall "job interviews" for prez candidates open to 12,000 employees (Washington Post)

• The AP headline reads "Giuliani's Mayoral Record Is Complicated"... -- if by "complicated" you mean racist and riddled by police brutality cases... Giuliani was David Dinkins' clean-up man in New York City (AP - Casper Star Tribune)

• With 73% of the country saying the US is going in the wrong direction, partisan politics is the real spoiler, but for those looking for a Safe Alternative without giving up winning, there's "nothing to lose with Unity08 candidacy" (Post Bulletin, Rochester MN )

• Obama was in the poor community of Washington DC talking "tough love" to black voters this week (Gannett News Service Salem Statesman Journal) and gained Mayor Fenty's endorsement (Redding News Review)

• Lenora Fulani was talking some tough love to New York's black establishment (Amsterdam News)

• South Carolina is 50% black and Hillary leads Obama (Newsday ) -- If you're looking for a continuation of Clintonism, Hillary's the Real Deal. For those of us looking for something different, is Obama the Real Deal or Just Another Democrat?

• Consider the "filibuster threat" -- In a 50/50 partisan Congress, what would you expect--conversation? (Forbes)