TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Taxes, Democrats, Republicans and independents: spin from the viewpoint of the conservative establishment
• Closed primaries in Pennsylvania are not acceptable
• Gov Schwarzenegger talks about the budget and open primaries -- audio from LA Times
• The meaning of money and voter turnout in the VA Dem Gov race + video from WAVY -- Deeds did poorly among African American voters. And here's a wrap-up from the Roanoke Times
• Mayoral control of schools inches forward in the midst of traditional Albany political play-book "chaos"