TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Jason Olson of Independent Voice in California, an advocacy group that helped launch IndependentPrimary.com, says open primaries result in more voters going to the polls--something the major parties don't care for... (Amador Ledger Dispatch)
• "Too Independent To Vote" -- Arizona independents can vote in the primaries unless it's a presidential election (KOLD News 13- AZ)
• Mike Huckabee makes Wall Street nervous (Bloomberg News)
• It's true that the Lieberman endorsement will help McCain - but with conservatives more than independents. (BY JAMES KIRCHICK, Be Our Guest column - NY Daily News)
• Clarence Page says Andy Young should stay away from microphones... (Daily Journal - Kankakee IL)
• Texas Independence Party tells Secretary of State it will try to qualify (Ballot Access News)
• Maine Green Party WANTS YOU! (Ellsworth American)
• "Just say maybe" -- I think, therefore I punditize... (By John Brummett, Arkansas News)
• Who's Wrong On Race? -- interesting discussion of Dem and Repub history relative to race (By Steve Benen, CBS News)
• "If you want to pull the major party to what you're thinking, YOU MUST, YOU MUST show them that you're capable of not voting for them..." - Lawrence O'Donnell from "Gitlin, Alterman and the Anti-Nader Democrats - Two Unreasonable Men" (By JOHN WALSH, CounterPunch)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Independent Texans: Top 10 Reasons to impeach Gov Perry (Waxahachie Daily Light)


• Sam Nunn talking with Unity 08 (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)


• California healthcare reform or return to business as usual (By David Lesher-LA Times)


• A black candidate could win (Fosters Daily Democrat-NH)


• Clarence Page: Is Obama black enough or too black? (Daily Journal)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Six in 10 independent voters want troops out by 2008 (CQ Politics)
• We do need a new independent political movement. The good news is that there are now more registered independent voters than there are voters in either major political party. The bad news is that it will take a long time to develop such a movement. (Rochester MN Post Bulletin, Opinion)
• Delaware Bill to Ban Fusion (Ballot Access News)
• Clarence Page: (Chicago Tribune) Third party? Extremely possible