TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

HANKSTER LEDE: Independent voters want 'New direction' over 'experience' in (The Swamp/Baltimore Sun)

THE CAMPAIGN:

• Initiative may affect election (News Leader - Springfield MO) Opposition to affirmative action is the new Southern strategy.
• Will Democracy Win? (The Nation)

INDIES SWITCH FOR PRIMARIES:

• OREGON: Switching political parties? You have a deadline (Albany Democrat-Herald) There are 436,070 unaffiliated voters in Oregon, and 12,597 members of the Independent Party
• Voters Flock To Democratic Party During Iowa Caucuses (KCCI - Des Moines)

PENNSYLVANIA: For Obama, an Uphill Battle in Pennsylvania (By Dan Balz, The Trail/Washington Post)

NORTH CAROLINA: Filing process a smooth one for Board of Elections (Lumina News - Wrightsville) Preparations for open primary

IS NADER RELEVANT? * How Nader Has Made Himself Irrelevant (Lenora Fulani, The Daily Voice) * Nader, the Greens, and Building a Movement (Dissident Voice) * Once the spoiler, Nader no longer seen as a threat (Michigan Daily)

Harlem Political Machine Fraud

OREGON INDEPENDENTS: Independent’s Way/One in five Oregon voters won’t get a say in the May presidential primary. Phil Keisling tries again to change that. Open Wide: Oregon’s closed primary faces a third attempt at change. (Willamette Week)

WISCONSIN INDEPENDENTS: Party leaders confident there will be unity following primary (AP REPORTS Chippewa.com)


If you haven't read about the "0" votes in 80 predominantly black districts in New York for Barack Obama in the primary (Super Tuesday), please partake:
HARLEM PRIMARY FRAUD:

• Bloomberg Charges 'Fraud' in NYC Primary, But Believes 'No Legal Issue at Stake' (Brad Blog)
• Civic Group Calls for Voting Investigation (City Room/NY Times blog)
• No Obama Votes in NYC - Is This Some Florida B.S.? (Black Voices.com)
• OBAMA "Robbed" In NYS Primary: Recount May Change Delegate Count (Gather.com)
• Obama Cheated Out of Votes (ToTheCenter.com blog)
• Meet the new guard black politicians (NY Daily News)
• Obama and Clinton: War of the Words (The Gothamist)

Norma Paulus discusses Partisanship, Open Primary on Oregon Independent..

The Hankster welcomes Oregon Independent to the blogroll! Please check out this video of Norma Paulus discussing the open primary issue... You can also read about John Frohnmayer's campaign here.... Altogether, a primo independent site! The Hankster recommends Oregon Independent!!!