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More News Headlines for Philsophical Independent Voters

Ok ok I admit it there is more news for independents than Bloomberg and the NYC Independence Party....

INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• From 'Post-Partisanship' To Polarization - The Partisan Divide In Obama's Approval Ratings Has Widened Considerably, But Does It Matter? (by Amy Walter, National Journal)
  
• Inside Politics - Despite calls for a “post-partisan” presidency, a recent Pew Research Center study found that President Obama has the most polarized job-approval ratings for a new president in 40 years. (By Sean Lengell, Washington Times)
  
• Watch The Independents - With Partisanship Still Strong On The Hill, Obama Will Need To Keep Up His Clout Among Non-Aligned Voters (by Charlie Cook, National Journal)
  
• CBS News/NY Times Poll: Obama’s Approval Rating Hits New High (By JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief, The Moderate Voice)
  

LAST WORD

The End of Philosophy (By DAVID BROOKS, NY Times)

 NOTE: Thanks to Baylah Wolfe for this who wrote this on Brooks' post:

I appreciate what you have been grappling with, as you reach for the critical inclusion of emotionality, cooperation and communal life activity in our contemporary historical world. I urge you to read Dr. Lois Holzman’s new book, "Vygotsky at Work and Play". Dr .Holzman is a developmental psychologist and activist, who is challenging, in theory and practice, the cognitive-emotional divide; Holzman and sees philosophical dualism as holding back human growth and development. Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist who conducted ground-breaking research with children and in particular with disabled children, after the Soviet revolution in 1917. Vygotsky engages dualistic understandings of thinking and speech, learning and development, etc. and his discoveries have come into prominence in recent decades in the fields of developmental psychology and education Building on a 25 year intellectual partnership with philosopher/psychotherapist Dr. Fred Newman, Holzman shows a performatory practice of the unity of theory-practice, cognition-emotion, being-becoming, etc. in projects they have built on-the-ground (in the US and internationally) in the arenas of therapy, education, youth development, medicine and corporate training. Philosophy is dead but philosophy with a small p is alive and growing.

Thanks, Baylah!

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

BLOOMBERG ENDORSEMENT BY NYC INDEPENDENCE PARTY

• Morning Read: Bloomberg's Independence, Fulani's Race, Council Raises (Politicker NY, By AZI PAYBARAH) Comprehensive notes include links to The Hankster -- h/t to Azi Paybarah!
  
• 3RD PARTY FOR MIKE (NY Post)
  
• Elsewhere: Ferraro Backs Gioia, de Blasio Backs Tolls, Rangel Stays Out of Mayor's Race for Now (By KATHARINE JOSE, Politicker NY)
  
• Mayor Mike Bloomberg gets Independence Party endorsement (BY ERIN EINHORN , DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU)
  
• CANDIDATE BLOOMY'S A BAM MAN (David Seifman, NYPost)
  
• Now in Mike's fish tank: Howard Wolfson, annotated (NY Newsday/Long Island/Politics)
  

OPEN PRIMARIES

• Mr. Governor, you're no Obama (Bill Plante, Newbury Port News) "Yet,'' Freddy said, "but in politics nothing is forever, although it seems so sometimes. We have open primaries, which means anyone can vote for whomever. That's why we got Romney. There may not be enough Republican votes out there to elect a governor, but there are more unaligned voters. Democrats have ruled the Hill for so long that the time may be at hand for the unaligned to say, 'Enough already.'''
  
• Daniel Weintraub: Former speaker returns in reformer role (By Daniel Weintraub, Sac Bee) Open primaries or even nonpartisan state government along the lines of what we have now in local government might be something Hertzberg one day supports.
  
• Elections by mail? (Bob Roberts Reporting, WBBM 780 Chicago)
  
• Illinois - Our Opinion: Don’t give up on open primary bill (THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER)
  
• Dem icon Burton shoo-in for state party leader (Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle)
  

FROM PARTS YONDER

Howard Dean in France: Translation of "You can't translate everything you do in the US in France": "You can't have socialism in the US unless it's over the dead body of the Democratic Party..." Open primaries apparently now = socialism? - NH

And more on the democracy front from the Europeans: Roger, aged 43, is a prospective candidate of a new political party, or non-party as it might term itself, The Jury Team. The organisation is planning to field 70 candidates in June's European elections on an anti-political party platform.  NOTE:  By George, I think they've got it! - NH

Talk Talk: Obama's Model

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Every weekend CUIP's president Jacqueline Salit and strategist and philosopher Fred Newman watch the political talk shows and discuss them. Here are excerpts from their dialogues compiled on Sunday, April 5, 2009 after watching selections from "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer," "Hardball with Chris Matthews," a Charlie Rose interview and "This Week with George Stephanopoulos".   Salit: We listened to the conversation between David Brooks and Mark Shields, and Brooks had a cautionary tale relative to the Wagoner thing. He says that it's the politicization of the industry, that when the government starts to pick winners and losers in the private sector, it's a problem. This point has been made before, relative to Lehman Brothers being allowed to go down vs. the other investment banks. But Brooks introduced this notion of politicization.   Newman: Yes.   Salit: As he said, politicization without nationalization.   Newman: That's what Obama stands for. That's what he believes in.   Salit: Yes?   Read Talk Talk in its entirety here.

NYC Independence Party endorses Mike Bloomberg for Mayor

MORE COVERAGE OF BLOOMBERG ENDORSEMENT

• * Bloomberg's New Site Focuses on Independence, Economy (Gotham Gazette/The Wonkster)
  
• * Rangel And Clinton Praise Bloomberg (Elizabeth Benjamin, NY Daily News/Daily Politics)
  
• * Mayor Mike Launches Website (Weekly Standard/Blog)
  
• * Independence Party Endorses Bloomberg (By: NY1 News)
  
• * Independence party endorses Bloomberg (Associated Press, WRGB Albany - CBS6)
  
• * News Of The Day (Elizabeth Benjamin, Daily News/Daily Politics)
  
• * Independence Party Endorses Bloomberg (by Arun Venugopal, WNYC.org)
  
• * 3rd Party for Mike (NY Post)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

BLOOMBERG ENDORSEMENT BY NYC INDEPENDENCE PARTY COUNTY COMMITTEES

• Mayor Mike Bloomberg gets Independence Party endorsement (BY ERIN EINHORN, DAILY NEWS CITY HALL BUREAU)
  
• Mayor Bloomberg Gets Independence Party Endorsement (By Tim McDevitt, Epoch Times)
  
• Mayor Bloomberg of NYC is endorsed by Independence Party (Independent Political Report)
  
• Independent Party endorses Bloomberg (WCAX - Vermont)
  
• Independent Party endorses Bloomberg (by Associated Press, SI Advance)
  
• Bloomberg Gets Independence, Staten Island GOP Committee Endorsements (By Roy Edroso in Village Voice/Runnin Scared)
  
• Bloomberg Shakes Hands, Earns Praise at the Big Independence Party Meeting (By Azi Paybarah, New York Observer)
  

(see photos and video in earlier posts below)

Lenora Fulani: Innovation, Independence, and In the Interest of our Kids

Dr. Lenora Fulani speaks to the New York City county committee executive committees on the values of New York City 2009 mayoral race. The NYC IP voted by 93% to endorse Mayor Bloomberg as the candidate of the Independence Party for mayor.

New York City Independence Party gathers for endorsement screening of Mayor Bloomberg

New York City county committees voted this afternoon to endorse Mayor Bloomberg for Column C this year.

Lenora Fulani welcomed by NYC Independence Party at screening of Mayor Bloomberg

Jackie Salit: Independent Mayor Bloomberg "true to himself"

Salit:

• Partisanship is the enemy of progress
  
• Independents are the engine of the change we need
  

Mayor Bloomberg: Securing Voting Rights for Independents

(i.e. Non-partisan municipal elections)

NYC's First Independent Mayor-to-Be

Mayor Bloomberg to NYC Independence Party: Let's go make history...

Independence Party of New York City Endorses Michael Bloomberg in 2009 Race for Mayor

Independence Party of New York City issued this press release tonight:

Bloomberg Tells Fellow Independents 

“Let’s Make History Together”

New York, NY—The Independence Party of New York City voted tonight to endorse Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a joint executive committee session at the Avalon Hotel in Manhattan. The Independence Party is the first political party to endorse the Mayor’s re-election bid and secures for him line “C” on the ballot in the 2009 race.

“This is going to be an unprecedented partnership. This is his third run for mayor, but his first as an independent,” said Jackie Salit, a founder of the party. “We both agree that partisanship is the enemy of progress. And this partnership is about moving an agenda for non-partisan reform.”

“It's great to be here with some fellow independents," said Bloomberg who spoke before the gathering of some 80 members of the five county executive committees. "I'm very proud to be the city's first independent Mayor...In January of 2010 hopefully there will be first ever swearing in of an Independent Mayor of New York City. Let's make history together!"

Following his address, Mayor Bloomberg met privately with the five county executive committees. After the meeting the executive committees conducted an endorsement vote. He received 93% of the vote, making the Independence Party the first political party to give him a line on the ballot.

 

NYC Republicans & Mayor Bloomberg: Will They or Won't They?

Only their County organizations know for sure: 

Led by Staten Island, then Brooklyn, NYC Repubs in process of deciding whether to endorse Michael Bloomberg for Mayor this year. 

Bloomberg will meet with NYC Independence Party organizations today to ask for their support in November. 

Politics for the People - Brooklyn April 3, 2009

The Independence Party hosts the Cathy L. Stewart Politics for the People class throughout the year.

NYC Independence Party organizations to interview Mayor Michael Bloomberg Sunday

The executive committees of the 5 county committees of the New York City Independence Party will meet with Michael Bloomberg on Sunday before making an official decision about whether to endorse the mayor for a third run for the office. Bloomberg, an independent, would like to run on the IP line this year, but he needs the nod from at least 3 of the 5 county committees. City activists -- and not the State Chair -- will make the final decision, a requirement upheld by the NY Court of Appeals after 3 years of court battles (20 lawsuits) to engage harrassment tactics by the Albany faction of the party against NYC county grassroots organizing.

• N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg to get minor party's backing (Reuters)
  
• Indy Line Won't Come Cheap (Elizabeth Benjamin, NY Daily News/Daily Politics)
  
• IP to hear Bloomberg, make mayoral endorsement (Posted by Tom Wrobleski, Staten Island Advance)
  
• Bloomberg On Tap To Get Indy Nod Sunday (Elizabeth Benjamin, NY Daily News/Daily Politics)
  

Independence Party leaders and strategists Fred Newman and Jackie Salit met with Bloomberg mid-March to discuss the terms of a possible partnership. 

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

OPEN PRIMARIES

• Senate votes down open primaries (Associated Press, Chicago Tribune)
  
• Primary election changes defeated (By Dan Carden | Daily Herald)
  
• Illinois’ primary voters must continue to declare their party (By Kevin McDermott, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Springfield Bureau)
  
• Senate rejects open primaries (Galesburg.com)
  
• Under the tarnish, still golden (From The Economist print edition) California open primaries
  

STATE INDEPENDENT POLITICS

Q Poll: Dodd Would Lose To Simmons (By DANIELA ALTIMARI | The Hartford Courant) In a Dodd-Simmons matchup, Democrats back Dodd by only 58 percent to 27 percent while Simmons leads 87 percent to 6 percent among Republicans and 56 percent to 25 percent among independent voters.

NYC 2009

• Grocery Workers to Back Bloomberg, Slighting Democratic Rival (By MICHAEL BARBARO, NY Times)
  
• Pols, Press Party with Sharpton and His Corrupt Network (By Wayne Barrett, Village Voice/Runnin Scared [Wayne Barrett's blog])
  
• Staten Island GOP Poised To Back '$150 Million Gorilla' (Elizabeth Benjamin, Daily News/Daily Politics) GOP dinner Thurs. nite at Grand Hyatt
  
• Bloomberg A 'Sharpton Fan' (Elizabeth Benjamin, Daily News/Daily Politics)
  
• New York, NY - Mayor Bloomberg A ‘Sharpton Fan' (Jewkey! NOTE: Jewkey! is a highly popular, rapidly-growing orthodox site that meets the demanding media needs of the Orthodox Jewish communities across the world.] Mentions Fulani
  
• Tonight: Rivera Endorses Thompson, Bloomberg Dines With NY Republicans and Romney (By AZI PAYBARAH, NY Politicker)
  
• Bloomberg to Dine With Manhattan G.O.P. (By AZI PAYBARAH, NY Politicker)
  
• The Death of the New York City Democrat (By JASON HOROWITZ, NY Politicker)
  

NY-20

• The NY-20 Absentee Ballots: A Potential Tie? (By Eric Kleefeld, TPMDC) If we hazard a few guesses -- that Murphy got nearly all the Democrats, Tedisco got a large but slightly smaller share of Republicans, and Murphy took the unaffiliated voters by the kind of strong margins that Democrats have been pulling off recently here -- we can come to a rough estimate.
  
• In N.Y. 20, Final Tally Waits But The Spin is In (By Emily Cadei, CQ Politics) But Republican voters do not necessarily translate into Tedisco voters. Republicans enjoy a 70,000 voter-registration advantage in the district, yet the race as it stands now is a virtual tie. And independent voters, which have swung Democrat in recent years, make up a quarter of registered voters and no doubt a significant portion of absentee voters, as well.
  

PREVIEW: How the Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right

You can see Jackie Salit's full analysis here
http://www.independentvoting.org/video/

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Juan Williams demarcates the Obama favorability lines -- independents still like Barack, Rush Limbaugh represents "hyper-partisanship"
  
• Jury still out on upstate New York's 20th -- pundits longing to draw conclusions.... and TPMDC's Eric Kleefeld is WAY behind the curve on independent voters.... Just to note: The 20th Congressional District is home to 432,771 active voters, including 180,810 Republicans, 113,354 Democrats, 20,020 members of the Independence Party, 8,425 Conservatives, 1,504 members of the Working Families Party, 1,483 Greens, 114 Libertarians and 105,059 unaffiliated voters, according the state Board of Elections.  Soft Dems? I think not!
  
• William Redpath, Libertarian National Committee Chair says "interest" in Libertarian Party is rising... Hmmm...Spoken like a true partisan!
  
• Independent politics, partisan style in PA
  
• Open primaries gaining ground in California
  
• Open primaries in the hands of partisan interests in Illinois
  
• Independents move ahead, Republicans stall on negotiations with Bloomberg '09