TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• It's the independents, stupid (Strange Bedfellows/Seattle Post Intelligencer)


• Young voters may shun old system (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online) What's the future of the two-party system?

CAMPAIGN

• For McCain, There's Only One Perfect Candidate for Veep (By Stuart Rothenberg, RealClearPolitics) [NOTE: Is this a liberal version of Bill O'Reilly calling for Repubs to vote for Obama so that Hillary wins??? Joe Lieberman has turned off more independents than you can shake a stick at!]


• Tuesday is deadline for voter registration, party switching (By kgw.com and AP)


• A swell of enthusiasm in North Carolina (Cary News) On the ground in North Carolina

POLLS

• Indiana Poll Data Analysis (Associated Content) Very very close


• Gallup Daily Tracking: Clinton Pulls Slightly Ahead Of Obama (The Moderate Voice) Rasmussen shows that both Republicans and unaffiliated voters are less likely to believe that Obama is a stronger general election candidate than Clinton.


• Rasmussen Reports


• Rasmussen: Obama Leads By 8 Nationally (Donklephant)


• Clinton, Obama gap closes; Perdue pulls away (ABC 11 Raleigh Durham) Unaffiliated voters shift slightly to Hillary in North Carolina

REFORM

• OHIO: Court ruling on voter ID not much of an issue in Ohio (The Vindicator) Supreme Court rules on Idaho voter ID


• OREGON: Independent Voters Now Officially Locked Out of May 20 Races; Open Primary Campaign Passes Half-way Mark (Earth Times Press Release)

NEW YORK
The Sean Bell Verdict and the American Dilemma (Lenora Fulani, The Daily Voice)