Rush Limbaugh v the field negro (no contest!)

From the field negro:

Poor Rush. The guy must be feeling really irrelevant these days. He is trying so hard to get a rise out of us black folks and it ain't even working. When a racism chaser like moi doesn't even feel motivated to take the bait you know he (Rush) has hit rock bottom.

Also see Elvis Presley...

MSM Confusion About Independent Voters

When it comes to independent voters (now 38% of the electorate) all parties are confused, especially the MSM which makes its living these days by making up stories about indies. Rush Limbaugh is no exception! And apparently this confusion is seeping into Jon Huntsman's nascent presidential campaign - he is skipping Iowa, going heavy into New Hampshire and worried but optimistic about South Carolina, all because of his perception of indies and ideology... For a good read on this confusion, see Sarah Lyons' article "Independent Voter" Does Not Mean Moderate.

INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Complaint from an Independent (TRANSCRIPT The Rush Limbaugh Show) RUSH: I can understand why you would think that, and I said earlier in the program long before taking your call that my real complaint is not so much with the independents. I mean, you're who you are. My real beef is how you are portrayed; it is how you are characterized. You are characterized as unique and special. You're the smartest voters around.

OPEN PRIMARIES

• OPEN PRIMARY PRE-CLEARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (by Damon Eris, CAIVN) The Department of Justice pre-cleared California’s top two open primary under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, thereby opening the way for the implementation of the new primary system statewide in next year’s elections. 
• In work on recalls, elections chief Kevin Kennedy battles charges of partisanship (JESSICA VANEGERENThe Capital Times: Your Progressive Voice - Madison WI) KK: People want to know how it is legal. But in Wisconsin, we don’t require that voters register by political party so you don’t have a mechanism for tying a candidate to a political party. The political parties really don’t control who runs on their ballot. There is no requirement that you have to be a member of a political party to run. And that goes back to the Bob La Follette era and the creation of open primaries.

2012

• Poll: 3 in 10 sure they'll vote Obama According to a new poll, 3 in 10 Americans say they are certain they will vote for Obama. (By JENNIFER EPSTEIN, Politico) Among likely independent voters, 23 percent say they are certain they will vote for Obama, while 36 percent say they are sure they will seek out another candidate.
• Indy voters bailing on O in new poll (POLITICO in Seattle Post Intelligencer)
• Soft-Spoken Huntsman Enters the GOP Race (By JONATHAN WEISMAN, Wall Street Journal) He won't contest the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, traditionally dominated by social conservatives. Instead, Mr. Huntsman will vie for the New Hampshire primary, where he believes independent voters will flood the polls for him.
• Mr. Independent (POLITICO in Seattle Post Intelligencer) In an interview with POLITICO, Huntsman made clear that he plans to capitalize on election rules in New Hampshire and South Carolina that allow independent voters to cast ballots in the GOP presidential primary.
• Huntsman sees independents as key (By: Kasie Hunt, Politico) But Huntsman’s focus on South Carolina puts a twist on that state’s primary, where the winner has gone on to be the GOP nominee in every presidential year since 1980. With its large number of social conservatives, South Carolina could prove to be hostile to Huntsman, whose moderate record and Mormon roots might prove difficult to overcome among evangelical Christian activists. His focus on independents who can vote there, however, could blunt both disadvantages at once, particularly if he can make inroads into the Low Country region around Charleston—the area targeted by both McCain and Romney in 2008.

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

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Limbaugh, Repubs and independents...
  
• Illinois moves closer to open primaries....
  
• Paterson won't endorse Bloomberg, Weiner hedges on mayoral run, NY 20 pivotal.... 
  

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Where the Repubs are going, independents do not rush...
  
• Michael Steele has his work cut out for him...
  
• Tom Robbins looks in the wrong direction (again) for the Independence Party... (Hint: State IP doesn't hold any cards for Michael Bloomberg in 2009 - it's the City county committees that count)
  
• Primaries (open and closed) are socialist? 
  
• Open primaries coming to Illinois?
  
• "Top two" open primary in California bad news for minor parties?
  

TODAY'S NEW HEADLINES for INDEPENDPENT VOTERS: Transition to Nonpartisanship

• David Plouffe acknowledges independent voters as critical to Obama leadership
  
• Minnesota Independent voters are least likely to want a new election in the Star Tribune
  
• The founding fathers sought to avoid where party loyalty sometimes obscures a sense of the greater good. Well, how's that going?
  
• Wilderness years for the GOP, The Hill's John Del Cecato wonders how independents figure
  
• Rush Limbaugh has become a pimple on the GOP, or not... at least it's selling newspapers... 
  
• Karen Harper down south thinks the Repubs need independents...
  
• David Frum informs us that independents have a  negative view of Limbaugh by a 45-22 margin.
  
• Repubs attack Obama at the risk of alienating independent voters...
  

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

• Rush Limbaugh says Michael Steele should get rid of open primaries...
  
• Replacing Rahm Emanuel -- viral campaign won't hack it...
  
• Tennessee bill would require partisan registration... but be careful with independent voters--they're important! Let the voters decide!
  

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

Independents don't like Rush...

Stimulus: Should the government just do "nothing"?

Stimulus: Bankers' morality -- capital's wandering eyes....