TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Momentum fleeting and illusory (By KENNETH F. BUNTING, Seattle Post Intelligencer) But New Hampshire's fiercely independent voters didn't follow the script pollsters and television commentators had written.
• McCain's Independent Streak (RAMESH PONNURU, Time Magazine) Has Ponnuru completely revised independent history here? Looks to me like another stab at the Dems co-opting the independent movement. See if you agree....
• Where did pollsters go wrong in New Hampshire? (BY REID J. EPSTEIN, NY Newsday) Independent, late-deciding women broke strongly in Clinton's favor, reversing the Iowa data in which women favored Obama.
• Verdict New Hampshire -- Women Play Key Role in Changing Tide for Hillary (Arlene M. Roberts, Huffington Post) In the days leading up to Tuesday's primary, a large percentage of women voters in New Hampshire declared themselves "undecided."
• VERONICA'S VIEW: A Change is Gonna Come (By Veronica Hendrix, EURweb.com) What gives me hope are the many independent voters who are casting their vote for Obama and the young adults who are turning out for the first time to cast their vote for Obama as well.

• Independent strategist Jackie Salit has Some thoughts on the New Hampshire results. Jackie was interviewed on CNN The Situation Room last night, but they have not posted video. Too bad. Jackie said that she doesn't think independents will necessarily back a run by Michael Bloomberg just because he might run as an independent. She said that the 100 or so independent organizations around the country that she relates to haven't heard from the Mayor, and she sees a new kind of coalition in the country that's going up against the political establishment. So if candidates like Barack Obama and John Edwards reach out, it might make Bloomberg's possible campaign too little too late -- "the train is leaving the station" as CNN's Jim Acosta said. Acosta added in his report that independent insiders think that an independent campaign needs a strong ground operation in place, and they're not seeing that from Bloomberg.