Today is primary day and 3.5 million Flori

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

  • Clinton has the New Hampshire establishment Dem vote wrapped up, Edwards (and Obama) turn to independents--but you have to have a conversation with them, says state Dem chief (News & Observer)
  • With the vast majority of the electorate thinking the country is headed in the wrong direction, Repubs are having a hard time appealing to voters (NY Times)
  • For Congressional Democrats, the train has already left the station--and they're not on board. What happened to the 2006 mandate from independent voters??? (By Dave Lindorff /Coastal Post Online)
  • Ron Paul won't run on the Libertarian Party ticket (Nolan Chart/Pursuit of Happiness blog)
  • Carl Jeffers talks about the effects of racism on political attitudes and "winning, and the "Oprah Factor" (Huffington Post)
  • Is Obama's campaign caught between a (black) rock and a (white) hard spot? Book Review of Shelby Steele's "A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win." (Wall Street Journal)
  • Eugene Robinson discusses improbabilities and impossibilities of the Obama campaign (Washington Post)
  • Florida: Registered Repub to run independent for Congress (Naples News)
  • North Carolina: Comments sought on instant runoff hearing Jan 13 in Raleigh (News & Observer)
  • Minnesota: IRV tactic (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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