I just attended a screening of Jackie Salit's soon-to-be-released dvd of her annotated talk at CUIP's celebrated bi-annual January Conference where I was also on the behind-the-scenes panel just after the screening, the whole thing organized by producer Sarah Lyons. Please check out the trailer here, and watch for the launch of the dvd and online version soon!!
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Independent voters: We elected Obama, but we did not become Democrats
I just attended a screening of Jackie Salit's soon-to-be-released dvd of her annotated talk at CUIP's celebrated bi-annual January Conference where I was also on the behind-the-scenes panel just after the screening, the whole thing organized by producer Sarah Lyons. Please check out the trailer here, and watch for the launch of the dvd and online version soon!!
Jackie Salit: How the Independent Movement Went Left by Going Right
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Young independents in Oklahoma
- California headed for open primaries
- Bloomberg going for New York City Independence Party endorsement
彭博三連任獲獨立黨背書
兩大創黨成員26日受訪時說,他們將支持彭博,使他成為該黨的市長候選人,預計黨內成員將會投票贊成。
獨立黨領袖紐曼(Fred Newman)說:「我認為他已勝算在握,他連任是合理的。」
彭博獲提名,可說是峰迴路轉,他去年曾觸怒獨立黨成員,以致他們揚言不會把他的名字列在該黨的選票欄上,作為報復。(read more)
Friday, March 27, 2009
How independent is independent Mayor Michael Bloomberg????
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Nobody likes Joe Lieberman
- Arlen Specter likes open primary
- sleazy Illinois political skullduggery on open primary bill exposes extreme partyism
- liberals and progressives
- Michael Bloomberg woos NYC Independence Party
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Repubs want to overturn Hawaii constitutional requirement of open primary
- Party protection plan in South Carolina -- strip the voters
- Specter needs open primary in PA
- Open primaries could fix California's woes
- New York City Independence Party growing
Talk Talk: Bonus, Bubbles and Bangs
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Monday, March 23, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Sunday, March 22, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- To Win Virginia, Parties Must Court Independents (FRANK B. ATKINSON, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH) In eight months Virginians will choose a new governor. If history is a guide, the election will be decided by the almost one-third of voters who describe themselves as "independents."
- Are Independents Hedging Their Bets? (by Charlie Cook, National Journal) The generic question's results are "evidence that voters, particularly independents, are worried that they overcorrected in the 2006/2008 elections combined, and now have more of a liberal slant to government than they want. They want change but with checks and balances."
- Kentucky Legislature Adjourns Without Passing Election Law Bills (Ballot Access News) including HB 17, which would have let independent voters vote in party primaries (with no provision for the party to indicate a preference on that matter)
Friday, March 20, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Quinnipiac: Obama losing support among independents, but remains strong
- Arlen Specter lobbying for open primaries in Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts Dems want independent and unaffiliated voter input
- South Carolina has open primaries, but some want to close them to independents and unaffiliated
- Abel Maldonado local hero
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
First Amendment isn't just for the homos!
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Specter won’t rule out run as an Independent (By Aaron Blake, The Hill) The decision would be harder for Specter, too, because Pennsylvania state law does not allow someone who has lost a primary to run as an Independent, as Lieberman did. Specter would need to decide to run without a party in advance of the primaries.
- Specter Wants An Open Primary (Steve Rankin, Free Citizen)
- If a voter wants to switch (News Observer - NC) "We've become pretty liberal in allowing unaffiliated voters to vote in either primary already," he said. "Why shouldn't the rest of us get to?"l
- Will state be ignored? Bill would give candidate with most national votes our electoral votes (Peter Marcus, Denver Daily News)
- Colorado House approves plan that would elect president by popular vote (Seattle Times)
- Bloomberg's third-term-rigging: Not so fast, folks.... (Newsday/Spin Cycle)
- Democrats gain first-ever enrollment edge upstate (By Robert J. McCarthy, Buffalo News) Unaffiliated gains more
- Extension of Term Limits Clears a Key Legal Hurdle (By FERNANDA SANTOS, NY Times) “We are obviously disappointed,” said Randy M. Mastro, the lawyer who represented the opponents, including Councilwoman Letitia James of Brooklyn and some minority Council candidates. “But our fight continues.”
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
OBAMA'S STRUGGLE TO BE INDEPENDENT
- The Battle Adhead (By Dan Froomkin, Washington Post White House Watch) I've been arguing for a while now that establishment Washington -- complicit in so many of the irresponsible policies that President Obama is trying to reverse -- would inevitably put up resistance...
- How Barack Obama became our first independent President...
OPEN PRIMARIES
- State Party Must Focus on Ending “Two-Thirds Rule” (by Paul Hogarth‚ Beyond Chron) But I didn’t join the Democratic Party just to turn more seats “blue.” At the end of the day, I want to see a working progressive majority in California that can implement laws and pass budgets that are compassionate. An “open primary” would certainly make it harder to expand a Democratic majority – but what good is a majority when the “two-thirds rule” gives the minority of right-wing Republicans free reign to hold up the state budget?
- California and the Open Primary - Third Time a Charm? (Senator George Runner, Best Syndication News) Given that the U.S. Supreme Court has already overturned one attempt by California to establish a blanket primary, the question has been raised: What makes SCA 4 different enough that it will not also be overturned?
- A new agenda to fix Massachusetts politics (By Rick Holmes, The MetroWest Daily News) The Open Primary initiative was put on California's ballot because a single state rep demanded it in return for his vote settling that state's budget impasse. Party officials - Republican, Democrat and third parties - hate it. But it has strong backing from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who knows as much as anyone about using referendum campaigns to leverage government reform. That's how real reform could happen in Massachusetts as well.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
happy 130th, al
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Jacqueline Salit: "We supported Obama, but we did not become Democrats!"
- Lousiana Repubs: No independents need apply! Seems the opposition was missed the meeting...
- Is Obama abiding his promise of nonpartisanship?
- The Clinton legacy lives on through Obama cabinet -- consolidating the Reagan Revolution... And wtf is a Bilderberger???
- Obama's first quick minute a burden...
- Jon Stewart vs. Jim Cramer -- more opinions...
- California open primaries will "destroy the 2 party system" -- and that's a "bad" thing???
- Can Mayor Bloombags get over on NYC voters?
- Unity '09 is NOT your dad's Unity '08!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer: Where's the Independence???
Friday, March 13, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Thursday, March 12, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Limbaugh, Repubs and independents...
- Illinois moves closer to open primaries....
- Paterson won't endorse Bloomberg, Weiner hedges on mayoral run, NY 20 pivotal....
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Where the Repubs are going, independents do not rush...
- Michael Steele has his work cut out for him...
- Tom Robbins looks in the wrong direction (again) for the Independence Party... (Hint: State IP doesn't hold any cards for Michael Bloomberg in 2009 - it's the City county committees that count)
- Primaries (open and closed) are socialist?
- Open primaries coming to Illinois?
- "Top two" open primary in California bad news for minor parties?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Talk Talk: Fuzzballs and Foreign Policy
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Monday, March 09, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Meriden CT goes party-less??
- The Moderate Party of R.I. -- a leg to stand on?
- California's partisan gridlock Rx -- open primaries!
- Partisan desperation in South Carolina...
Sunday, March 08, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS: The National Dialogue
- WA STATE: Kastama: Good reason to oppose bill featured in ad Sen. Kastama: The root of all evil (JIM KASTAMA; STATE SENATOR 25TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT PUYALLUP, The News Tribune)
- Dr. Joe Harrop: Under the big top or just a side show? (Red Bluff Daily News CA) That is one reason some of those six heretical GOP profligates have proposed an open primary. That possible blessing is that a new party may arise, a party of open-minded individuals who are willing to work together to improve government and society without being slaves to ideology.
- New York City Republican Party More Likely to Let Mayor Bloomberg Run in its Primary (Ballot Access News) His strong showing in Brooklyn makes it likely that he will also receive permission from at least two other borough committees.
- 'Irish For Mike' (NY Daily News/Daily Politics) Lucadamo also spotted signs sponsored by the Rockaway Republicans that read: “Our candidates: Michael Bloomberg, Eric Ulrich (the councilman-elect who won the seat previously held by Democrat Joe Addabbo) and Jerry Sullivan (an Assembly candidate).”
- New York Libertarian Expects to Qualify in Special US House Election (Ballot Access News) The Independence Party and the Working Families Party both cross-endorsed the Democratic nominee, and the Conservative Party cross-endorsed the Republican nominee.
Saturday, March 07, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS: The Fight for Open Primaries
- Independents still out in the cold (By PAUL GLASSER, The State Journal - Frankfort KY) "I'm not an undecided voter," Ritter said. "The current political process is not meeting our needs."
- State should let independents vote in primary (LETTER TO Lexington Herald Leader) House Bill 17, a bill to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in the primary election, is a progressive step forward for Kentuckians.
- Early voting and running mate bills pass first step (Bluegrass Politics) “More people will vote. This is good for democracy,” said Mark Ritter, a retired state worker and lieutenant colonel in the Kentucky National Guard who has been a registered independent since 1991.
Friday, March 06, 2009
TODAY'S NEW HEADLINES for INDEPENDPENT VOTERS: Transition to Nonpartisanship
- David Plouffe acknowledges independent voters as critical to Obama leadership
- Minnesota Independent voters are least likely to want a new election in the Star Tribune
- The founding fathers sought to avoid where party loyalty sometimes obscures a sense of the greater good. Well, how's that going?
- Wilderness years for the GOP, The Hill's John Del Cecato wonders how independents figure
- Rush Limbaugh has become a pimple on the GOP, or not... at least it's selling newspapers...
- Karen Harper down south thinks the Repubs need independents...
- David Frum informs us that independents have a negative view of Limbaugh by a 45-22 margin.
- Repubs attack Obama at the risk of alienating independent voters...
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Rush Limbaugh says Michael Steele should get rid of open primaries...
- Replacing Rahm Emanuel -- viral campaign won't hack it...
- Tennessee bill would require partisan registration... but be careful with independent voters--they're important! Let the voters decide!
Monday, March 02, 2009
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- New York Independence Party state chair once again at odds with independent voters...
- Machine politics in NY is an old old story...
- California discusses open primaries....
- Rightbloggers tea parties....
- New York City Green Party gets religion...