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TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | 19 hours ago by Nancy Hanks
INDEPENDENT VOTERSCOLUMNIST DORREEN YELLOW BIRD: Do American Indians need their own party? (Grand Forks Herald) I smiled to myself when Giago wrote that we should be independent voters, because I always thought I was.OPEN PRIMARIESMilkovich bound for read more
CBS News/New York Times Poll: Obama Takes 14 Point Lead Over McCa…
The Moderate Voice | October 14th 2008
A new CBS News/New York Times poll has Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama taking his biggest lead yet over Republican Sen. John McCain — and part of the reason is that the dam has apparently burst and independent voters are now read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 14th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
INDEPENDENT VOTERSNov. 4: Independents’ Day (LETTER to Denver Post)It was at about this point in the Bush/Cheney 2004 campaign that the fear-mongering began, and now it would appear the GOP is taking it one step further, from fear-mongering to hate read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 13th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
OPEN PRIMARIESOR: Measure opens Ore. primaries to all voters (KTVZ Central Oregon) PA: Bill Would Let Independents Vote In The State Primaries (The Bulletin) CAMPAIGNIndependents split evenly between Obama and McCain (Associated Press) A recent Assoc read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 12th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
CAMPAIGNMcCain's closing argument: A push for divided government? (CNN Politicker) Obama opens 6-point lead over McCain (Reuters) With just over three weeks to go before the November 4 election, the poll showed Obama gaining traction among independen read more
How John McCain Could Still Win This Thing
The Moderate Voice | October 11th 2008
I’ll preface this post by saying that the most conservative parts of the GOP base will not agree with it… nor will they see any reason McCain should care about the votes of people like me. I’m not a Republican, and I see that party read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 11th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
INDEPENDENT VOTERSImportant independent voters share common goals for U.S. (The Tennessean) Who are the independents? One of them is writer Marcia Ford, and she'll tell you: "Ideologically, we run the gamut from right-wing fundies to radical lefties, read more
Dear Hankster Friends, Bloggers, Sloggers and Others:
The Hankster | October 10th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
Inspired by my blogging/slogging friend and colleague Robert Koulish at Koulflo Memo (one of the panelists on "Blogging the World" that I hosted last Sunday morning at the performance conference/festival Performing the World), I've decided to sit dow read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 10th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
OREGON MEASURE 65GP Mayor Holzinger Among M65 Supporters (KAJO 1270 AM Grants Pass)CAMPAIGNAyers/Wright attacks won't work and will harm the long term interests of conservatives (Chicago Tribune/Change of Subject) But I suspect moderate, independent read more
A Civics Experiment
The Moderate Voice | October 9th 2008
Regular readers here know that I’m frustrated by the profligate waste and fiscal irresponsibility our Washington leadership has demonstrated. After many posts and comments (and a great deal of anguish), I decided to bring my concerns directly read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 9th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
OREGON OPEN PRIMARIESGrass roots not evident in initiatives-Process has been taken over by big money and single-minded interests (The West Linn Tidings) Primary change is the only initiative to back-Measure 65 is worth support of voters (The Lake Osw read more
Obama Leads McCain By 11 Points In Gallup Poll As Two Campaigns R…
The Moderate Voice | October 8th 2008
In the wake of the second presidential debate between Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain, both campaigns now seem to be fine-tuning and refocusing, as a new Gallup Daily tracking poll now shows Obama has opened up an 11 poin read more
News from Arkansas Independents!
The Hankster | October 8th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
I am recovering from a busy weekend, but it was great. Here's a rough reportSaturday I got up really early and set up a table at a local farmer's market. Here's the link to a photo on facebook (i took it on my cell phone). We registered (or re-regist read more
Why Republicans Should Be Nervous Over The Obama McCain Debate
The Moderate Voice | October 8th 2008
Just look at this reaction from a focus group. The bottom line: the town hall format proved favorable but not necessarily for John McCain. read more
Second Presidential Debate: Undecided Voters Move Decisively Towa…
We the People | October 8th 2008
After viewing the debate, 42 percent of these voters said they would support Obama if the election were held today, while just 26 percent would support McCain. From Democracy Corps Barack Obama once again won tonight’s debate, and undecided voters read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 8th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
INDEPENDENT VOTERSVoter registration soars (Lawerence Journal World News) Democrats now make up the largest voting bloc at 27,357 people, compared with 27,283 independent voters and 23,951 Republicans. The rest are either Libertarian or Reform party read more
The Politics of Smear in America: Kommersant, Russia
The Moderate Voice | October 7th 2008
Is it reasonable to hear Russian criticism of U.S. election smears and mudslinging, when their national election, held recently, featured the outright arrest of opposition candidates? Judge for yourself by reading this op-ed article by Nikolay Zlobi read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 7th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
OPEN PRIMARIESWA: Parties should work within framework of Top 2 primary (The Daily News editorial) State political party leaders have been battling in court ever since. They claim they are being denied their right to choose who represents the party. read more
Undecided No More: It’s Obama
The Moderate Voice | October 6th 2008
Almost a month ago, I wrote that I had taken the Obama sticker off the back of my truck and gone back on the fence. In large part, I needed to take a step back. Having declared myself for a candidate, I was finding myself defensive of him, and thus read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 6th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
REFORMSome residents blocked from voting-Independents briefly locked out of primary (NOLA Times Picayune) Coffield Challenges Georgia’s “Five Percent” Ballot Access Law (The Atlanta Progressive News) Attorneys for Faye Coffield--Gary Sinawski o read more
Blogging the World: An Online Stage for Activists (a performance…
The Hankster | October 4th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
Hosted by Nancy Hanks, with Justin Gardner, Robert Koulish, Daisy Lopez, Jackie Salit, and Lanya Shapiro AND the World WideSunday, October 5, 9:00am-10:00amAll Stars Project 543 West 42nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues) in the Telemarketing Ro read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 4th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
MEASURE 65 OPEN PRIMARYOne measure can change state voting (The Advocate, Mt. Hood Community College) “In Oregon, we have a closed primary system and you have to be a member of a party. (This way) independent voters can be a part of it,” said Cam read more
Independent’s Give Biden the Debate
Straight Talk | October 3rd 2008
Over at Swamp Politics they had a survey of not just Democrats and Republicans but Independent voters during the Biden, Palin debate. It was done in live time over cell phones during the debate and the results might surprise you.Of course Democrats a read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 3rd 2008 by Nancy Hanks
OPEN PRIMARIESEditorial: It should always be about electing the best candidate (Wallowa County Chieftain) Roberts is mired historically in a two-party system which no longer exists. She also overlooks the fact that half a million Oregonians have chos read more
Biden and Palin discuss energy
Where's the Outrage? | October 2nd 2008 by Errington Thompson
Now energy was supposed to be Governor Sarah Palin’s strong suit. She was supposed to knock this one out of the park! It didn’t happen. She simply has neither the ability nor the knowledge to overwhelm an opponent on any given topic… read more
Tonight's News from New York City's Performing the World: Bloggin…
The Hankster | October 2nd 2008 by Nancy Hanks
Running on the Press
The SideTrack | October 2nd 2008 by The SideTrack
McCain/Palin '08 is now running solely on a blame the press meme - it's all they have left.Ways they could make this work: press conference, release tax records, another press conference, op-eds, more press conferences. Get Palin out there, flood th read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 2nd 2008 by Nancy Hanks
CAMPAIGNDemocrats narrow registration gap in Washoe (Reno Gazette Journal) Giertz said hundreds of campaign volunteers worked to register people to vote at the Obama rally Tuesday at the University of Nevada, Reno, campus. And in the days before the read more
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
The Hankster | October 1st 2008 by Nancy Hanks
INDEPENDENT VOTERSIndependent Pennsylvanians invites activists to attend press conference (Austin Cassidy's Independent Political Report)TERM LIMITS/BLOOMBERGFulani on term limits (NY Daily News/Daily Politics) “Mr. Bloomberg has the right to chang read more
yellow lines and dead armadillos: are you ready for Road Kill Ref…
The Hankster | September 30th 2008 by Nancy Hanks
Please check out RoadKillRefugee:About RKRThe former Texas Secretary of Agriculture, Jim Hightower, once said of his own blend of politics, “The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos.” I have no idea what that read more
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