TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

CONROY V. STATE COMMITTEE of the INDEPENDENCE PARTY OF NEW YORK

• Indy Party Control Lawsuit Decided (Elizabeth Benjamin, Daily News/Daily Politics)
• Top NY court says state party committees have authority (AP/CBS 6 Albany)
• Highest State Court in New York Rules in Favor of State Political Parties and Against Their Local Organizations (Ballot Access News)
• New York City Independence Party: Voters, not courts, will decide future of the party (The Hankster) Statement by county chairs of NYC Independence Party

OREGON
John Frohnmayer quits the race for U.S. Senate, cites lack of support (The Oregonian)

MINNESOTA Independence Party
Fore! Could a Ventura Senate candidacy hang on Wednesday's golf game? (Minnesota Post)

CAMPAIGN
Independent voters seen as crucial for victory (San Diego Union-Tribune)

OTHER REFORM

• UTAH: Referendum limits law sent to Utah high court (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• PENNSYLVANIA: Bogus reasons block redistricting reform (Allentown Morning Call)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• OR: John Frohnmayer independent candidacy gives voice to opposition to the two-party system. (Register Guard )
• CO: Parties nervous about drop of party registrants, rise of unaffiliated independents (Denver Gazette)
• Congressional Dems: To the right, to the right.... (Wall Street Journal)
• Dem candidates address Iowa's Brown & Black Forum (Wall Street Journal)
• Dems at Iowa Heartland Presidential Forum (BlackAmericaWeb.com)
• Polls, caucuses, primaries: Most 'superdelegates' remain uncommitted (Boston Globe)
• Instant Runoff Voting would democratize elections (The Nation editorial)
• Virginia GOP rescinds voter loyalty oath (Daily Press)
• "Corrupt" CNN? Why immigration was the big issue at the Repub CNN/YouTube Debate (CBS News)
• The T-shirt produced by the Committee for a Harlem Debate between Clinton and Obama got quite a bit of coverage this weekend, including Maureen Dowd's article in Sunday's New York Times
• LOOK WHO'S COOL ON OBAMA (NY Post)
• Black Leaders Torn Over Endorsement (Washington Post)
• Obama's power breakfast with Bloomberg (Chicago Sun Times) and (NY Post) and (KDKA - PA)
• Showtime at the Apollo, featuring Barack Obama. Why Wait (Jack Turner-Jack and Jill Politics)
• Right to Recall (Daily Journal)
• New York State's Highest Court Agrees to Hear 2nd Case on Internal Party Governance (Ballot Access News)
• The gentry liberals: They're more concerned with global warming and gay rights than with lunch-pail joes. (By Joel Kotkin and Fred Siegel, Los Angeles Times)

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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Oregon: Gordon Smith's campaign banks $4 million-independent gov candidate John Frohnmayer has no totals yet... (The Oregonian)
• New Jersey: 'Clean' Libertarian candidate Jason Scheurer sues for equal treatment (The Star-Ledger)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• "We're frustrated!" Missouri independent voters form Show Me Independents "The US has been profoundly hurt by ideological and political labeling..." (St. Louis Post Dispatch)


• Cultural divide, political polarization (Des Moines Register)


• Right Ideas, Wrong Party-The Kucinich Quandary (CounterPunch)


• Is Ron Paul quirky enough to get elected? (Politico) and Ron Paul: A spoiler, not a contender (Politico) NOTE: We wish this report was ironic, but alas, in the BizarroWorld of the MSM, it's all about the votes. News: for some candidates, it's not about the votes, it's about the message, stupid!


• Poll: the Clintons are okay (Washington Post)


• Obama Tries to Overcome Clinton’s African-American Advantage (CQ Politics)


• Virginia: Candidate Redmond faces party sanctions for political gaffe (Journal Press)


• Oregon: At the Heart of Who We Are as a People - "impeachment is essential" (by John Frohnmayer-OpEdNews)


• Lesser known gubernatorial candidates depend on stumping, Internet to get out message -- debate tonight (Shreveport Times)


• The Netroots Battlefield in the ’08 Presidential Campaign-Declarations of the Death of Blogger Power Are Greatly Exaggerated (Special to The Narco News Bulletin) NOTE: Tied to Dems? That's a slow painful death.....

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• In Washington state, it's primarily about independence (Seattle Times)
• GOP Candidates Debate 'Race' (American Thinker)
• Obama is working hard to win over black voters in South Carolina. (CNN)
• Local Democrats in West fear impact of Hillary at top of ticket (Los Angeles Times)
• Oregon: Independent gov candidate Frohnmayer no shill for Gordon Smith (The Oregonian)
• Louisiana: Gov candidate John Georges chose independence over Dems (New Orleans City Business)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Poll: 58 percent of independent voters would back a Democratic congressional candidate who votes to expand children's health insurance bill (Politico)
• Quit the Democratic Party - become an independent! (OpEdNews)
• Instant runoff voting is simple and effective (By John B. Anderson, Christian Science Monitor)
• Hillary's Dilemma: In an evenly divided country, nobody can be elected president without winning voters outside his/her party. (Scripps Howard)
• 'ROCK STAR' OBAMA TRIUMPHS AT ARCH (New York Post) and Obama Distances Himself From Clinton, on Her Turf (The New York Times)
• Oregon: Frohnmayer's brother running for U.S. Senate (Daily Emerald) and Former mayor switches party affiliation to Independent, Jim Torrey says he doesn't plan to run for statewide office (Statesman Journal)
• Kentucky: Paper ballots with no option for straight ticket voting (Lexington Herald Leader)
• Louisiana: Lieutenant governor race offers candidate variety-2 independents (Shreveport Times)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• How to appeal to independents -- Indianola steak fry talk (IowaPolitics.com)
• Voters don't sway with celebrity endorsements (The Caucus)
• McCain lost New Hampshire independents, touring in a refurbished bus (US News & World Report)
• Chuck Hagel's retirement--a centrist vacuum in Nebraska? (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
• Bloomberg's nonpartisan and nonprofit foundations (Associated Press from Google)
• Following Frohnmayer, Novick to call for impeachment look (The Oregonian)
• Lieberman registers to vote as a Democrat, wife and daughter unaffiliated (The Stamford Times)

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Lenora Fulani Wants a Hillary-Obama Debate in Harlem (Politicker) with mention on
• UPTOWNflavor Harlem blog
• Anti-War Candidates Campaigning in an Anti-War New Hampshire (Campaigns & Elections)
• The candidates on Iraq war (Christian Science Monitor)
• McCain campaigns support for troop surge (Miami Herald)
• Ron Paul backers a mixed bunch (Seattle Times)
• Clinton Making S.C. Power Play (Campaigns & Elections)
• Oregon: Why John Frohnmayer is running for U.S. Senate as an independent (The Register-Guard) (The Forest Grove News-Times) (The World Link)
• Kos Poll: Lamont beats Lieberman, again (Daily Kos)