TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Edwards, Clinton discuss limiting debates (Boston Globe)
• Kucinich Lashes Out at Limiting Debates (By BETH FOUHY - Forbes)
• Dodd Rips Clinton, Edwards for Remarks (By BROCK VERGAKIS - Forbes)
• One Democratic candidate’s courageous stand-Gravel (Oregon Statesman Journal)
• A GOP comeback strategy Way behind in the polls, the party should exploit the anti-politician mood and offer a hopeful message. (Frank Luntz - LA Times)
• Looking to independents and away from the GOP, McCain presses on (Boston Globe)
• Illiniois Independents still face hurdles getting on ballot (Springfield State Journal Register) * Alabama: If you're a Democrat or Republican, you're assured a place on the ballot. If you're anything else - Libertarian, Socialist, Fried Green Tomato or even independent - good luck. (Alabama Live) * OH: Independent Candidates Won't Be On November Ballot (WTOV 9 - Steubenville, OH)

Frank Luntz: "a large and growing constituency of independent voters"

This just isn’t working -- Lack of ideas, credibility makes Republicans fade from power, By Frank Luntz, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette ...“Don’t be afraid to see what you see,” Ronald Reagan once said.
Today, many of his disciples are choosing not to see the obvious. Republicans in Congress cannot regain their majority merely by relying on a coalition of traditional conservatives and evangelicals. They must reach out to what I call “the fed-ups” – a large and growing constituency of independent voters who have held the balance of power in every election since 1992, and will hold it again in 2008....