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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS


  • Those who don't usually vote can make a big difference in 2008 (Fond du Lac Reporter)

  • The Swing Voters Who Count First (CBS News - reprinted from CSM yesterday)

  • A third-party candidate still a wild card? (Ashville Citizen Times)

  • Independent voters give Obama hope in 2008 race (Reuters)

  • Wonder why the Dems aren't getting us out of Iraq? Six of the top 10 senators in defense campaign contributions in the 2006 election cycle were Democrats (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

  • FEC OKs Naming Candidate Names in Pre-Election Issue Ads (CQ Politics)

  • The Buzz: More Iowans also say “new direction and new ideas” are more important to them than “strength and experience.” (Kansas City Star blog)

  • Arizona: 3rd District independent Annie Loyd [Photo above] says “From the two-party system, the political spin has been independents don’t care, that they’re not active, that they’re not affiliated because they don’t want to make a commitment. That’s not what they’re saying at all. They’re saying, ‘Neither party represents fully what I believe.’” (East Valley Tribune Phoenix)

  • Florida: Former Orange County Undersheriff Malone Stewart will seek to replace independent Beary in election for sheriff - Beary left the Republican Party last fall, saying he was tired of partisan politics.(Orlando Sentinel)

  • Barnum & Bailey & CNN (Los Angeles Times)