Today is primary day and 3.5 million Flori

Saturday, June 14, 2008

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

UTAH CLOSED PRIMARY PUSH
  • Politics in Utah: Is it a caucus or a cacophony? (The Spectrum) Is it time to dismantle the political machinery of Utah and reclaim the empowerment of citizens' votes by having open primaries, whereby scrutiny of candidates is encouraged?
  • Board of Education protests process (Deseret News) "We would support either an open primary or a return to district committees but state that partisan elections and the present state selection committee are both detrimental to the oversight of the education of our children and that the current process subverts the Utah constitutional requirement that members of the State Board of Education be generally elected."

REFORM

CAMPAIGN
The Ron Paul Vote: A Headache for John McCain? (Wall Street Journal/Political Perceptions)

MEDIA
The Lou Dobbs Primary? Media, not voters, push immigration issue (FAIR)

BLACK LEADERSHIP
The Black Progressive Leadership Void (BlackState)

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