TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• New Hampshire activist Betty Ward invites independents to participate in IndependentPrimary.com where you can vote for your favorite candidate online until Dec. 18 (Concord Monitor)


• FAIR.org says "The Lou Dobbs Primary" is a media forum for immigration issue, not a dialogue for voters ( Media Advisory)


• Ron Paul supporters make strong showing at National Presidential Caucus in Winston Salem (WINSTON SALEM JOURNAL)


• New Jersey legislature will consider a bill to require county committees of political parties (D & R) to have consitutions, bylaws (NY Times)


• Obama rocks the Apollo (by HERB BOYD, Special to the AmNews)


• The Oprah Factor (The State)


• Carl Romanelli was removed from the 2006 ballot in his campaign against Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and then Republican Sen. Rick Santorum, after enough of the more than 95,000 signatures were ruled invalidated by the board of elections. Romanelli needed 67,000 to get on the ballot as an independent candidate during that race. He's still fighting. (Citizens Voice)


• In spite of dismissal of indictment, Oklahoma 3 charged again in TABOR petition drive case--no surprise there (The Journal Record) and (KTEN Local News)


• Azi Paybarah reports on the "media scrum" where Bill Clinton lauded Mayor Bloomberg (The Politicker)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Unity 08's Doug Bailey thinks 55% electorate would be open to an independent Bloomberg run., and that should be encouraging... (NY Sun)




• Both (R and D) Iowa primaries in a dead heat + four of five Democrats and two–thirds of Republicans say they are angry at the U.S. political system = ???? (Zogby.com)




• "Spoiler" label for Ron Paul -- Hmmmm.... he must be doing something right in New Hampshire (Wall Street Journal)




• Pew Research says Hispanic voters now prefer Dems (NY Times)




• Obama appeals to the nonprofit sector, points to Harlem Children's Zone as model program (Chronicle of Philanthropy)




• Steven Stark talks about the latest Rasmussen poll and its significance to Obama & The Black Vote in South Carolina and throughout the South (RealClearPolitics)




• Oprah Winfrey’s Obama -- will black women listen? (By: Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Special to BlackAmericaWeb.com)




• Vance Norgaard to run IP in Minnesota special state Senate election (Pioneer Press)




• Virginia's Lucky Narain running independent for vacant 1st Congressional seat (Stafford County Sun)




• Ballot initiative filed in California to end "winner-take-all" electoral votes. Who would benefit? (LA Times blog)




• Party-controlled system is eroding participatory democracy in New Jersey. (Cherry Hill Courier Post editorial)




• Nonpartisan elections Von Reichbauer initiative -- call it voters' revenge (Seattle Post Intelligencer)




• Activist Paul Jacob (see yesterday's post on The Hankster) expects 'ham sandwich' justice from Okla. AG (LegalNewline)




• I&R would helpf shift balance of power to back to electorate (LETTER to Asbury Partk Press)




• Gennifer Flowers likes Hillary (NY Post)




• Question of the week: Who do you vote for? Do you follow the party line or do you carefully consider each candidate when voting? Add your comment to the question of the week. (Napa Valley Register)