The parties will continue to open or close their primaries depending on what they stand to gain or lose in the next election based on media polls. That's why we need national policy that supports a primary voting system that allows independents the right to participate.
- NC Republican Party Could Limit Primaries -- Move Could Close Primaries To Independents (WXII 12)
- Republicans consider closing primaries (By MARK BINKER, News Record Greensboro/CAPITAL BEAT)
BLOOMBERG 12
Interesting speculation brewing on Mayor Bloomberg's prospects for an independent run at the White House in 2012. While Katie Connolly imagines that independents are "too fickle, picky and non-committal" to provide a base of support for such a run. She also snarks that maybe Mike could pay people to stand on street corners. (What Connolly either doesn't know or chooses to ignore is that hundreds of volunteers stood on street corners on November 3rd, doubling the NYC Independence Party vote.) Meanwhile, Mark McKinnon on The Daily Beast makes a very good case for that 2012 run. I'd say the race is on!
- Does Palinmania Really Help Bloomberg? (Katie Connolly, Newsweek/The Gaggle)
- How Palin Helps Bloomberg (by Mark McKinnon, Daily Beast)
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