TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

PARTY RIGHTS VS. VOTERS RIGHTS

• Invitation Only-Waiting for the verdict on primaries in Idaho (Boise Weekly)
• If you're not a Dem or Repub in Iowa, you're "no party" -- until now....Iowans can soon register as Greens or Libertarians (Des Moines Register)

THIRD PARTY RUN IN 08

• Change of direction seen in 2008 vote-pollster predicts 3rd party run winning 10% (NewsOK The Oklahoman)
• Bloomberg: Man of the people-Yes, he’s a long shot, but no other independent “candidate” has Lou Dobbs’s potential, platform, or populist appeal... If Virginia was once the mother of presidents, CNN is now the mother of populist presidential candidacies. (The Phoenix)

FEATURE

• Neuropundits Gone Wild! Befuddling brain science on the opinion pages of the New York Times -- getting inside the heads of "swing voters" -- literally (Slate)