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• Republicans Glum As Presidential Race Enters Prime Time

  Published: September 4, 2007, 3:51 am

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Conservatives, Independent Voters, Democrats, George W Bush, Republicans, Elections, Progressives

  Today, the big political moment has arrived: the 2008 Presidential race now enters political world “prime time.” Only, this year we’ve had to sit through a seemingly endless array of pilot episodes before prime time even began. Labor Day is indeed the start of the silly season political race season. And if you take stock, both

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• Independent voters tilt toward Democrats

  Published: September 23, 2007, 9:32 pm

  Tags: Independent Voters

  this isn't a surprise. Independents have been with us for years. George Bush has made the Republicans a semi-permanent, for the moment, minority party. Yes, 70% of Republicans think Bush is doing a great job - but what percentage of the country ARE those Republicans? And, are fewer people calling themselves Republicans as a result of

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• Guest Voice: Time to Boycott Voting

  Published: October 2, 2007, 3:30 am

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Conservatives, Liberals, Independent Voters, Democrats, Republicans, Guest Contributor, Elections, Voting

  and certainly moderates and independents know in their hearts that voting for Democrats or Republicans is a waste. Just imagine if voter turnout was cut to 25 percent or less! Let the whole world see Americans boycotting a broken and corrupt political system and rejecting what has become a delusional democracy. To keep voting in an unjust

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• Poll: Most Want War Funding Cut And Favor Children's Health Care Expansion

  Published: October 2, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Congress, Polls, Independent Voters, Democrats, Republicans, Progressives

  A new poll contains yet more bad news for President George Bush, the White House, Republicans running for re-election and for Democrats in Congress…but worse for Republicans in Congress: Most Americans oppose fully funding President Bush’s $190 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a sizable majority support an

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• Creeping Authoritarianism

  Published: October 11, 2007, 11:26 pm

  Tags: Politics, Independent Voters, Media, Democratic Party, Political Philosophy, Republican Party

  Cross-posted to Random Fate. — Let us take at face value the nominal, stated reasons as why various office-holders claim they have for taking their various actions. So, President George W. Bush vetoes the recent renewal/expansion of the S-CHIP bill because he is concerned that it is “creeping socialism” that would ultimately

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• Poll: Americans Want Change From Bush Direction And Agenda

  Published: November 4, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Congress, Polls, Iran, Independent Voters, Democrats, George W Bush, Republicans, Hillary Clinton, Elections, Pakistan, Approval Ratings, Independents

  but so do three-quarters of independents and even half of Republicans. Sixty percent of all Americans said they feel strongly that such a change is needed after two terms of the Bush presidency. Dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq remains a primary drag on public opinion, and Americans are increasingly downcast about the state of the economy.

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• It's Election Day - VOTE!

  Published: November 6, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Politics, Independent Voters, State Politics, Elections, Voting

  It’s Election Day - VOTE!

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• Independent Voters Needed, Thompson Warns Republican Party

  Published: November 12, 2007, 4:28 pm

  Tags: Politics, 2008 Elections, Independent Voters, Republicans, Fred Thompson

  shown a split among independents. But now more than ever, polls show independent voters breaking towards the Democratic party. Karl Rove’s past strategy was to conduct “mobilization elections” where the goal was to mobilize your supporters and get every single one of them out to the polls, and not worry about

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• A Lou Dobbs Binge

  Published: November 17, 2007, 2:17 pm

  Tags: Latinos, Cnn, Journalism, Usa, Mexico, 2008 Elections, Immigration, Independent Voters, Television

  Avert your eyes. This is going to be ugly, a drunk falling off the wagon. Over a year ago, I raised the question, “Is Lou Dobbs running for something?” Today we have the answer: “Lou Dobbs for President?” John Fund writes in the Wall Street Journal. “Don't’ laugh…Friends of Mr. Dobbs say he is seriously

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• Will 2008's Choice Be Between Fear And Loathing?

  Published: November 23, 2007, 11:23 pm

  Tags: Elections, Michael Bloomberg, Ralph Nader, Us Constitution, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Elections, Independent Voters, Democrats, Republicans, Politics

  On Thanksgiving Day this independent voter (who has been in both parties and been both a conservative and liberal in his voting lifetime) talked to a relative who favors former Governor Mitt Romney for President. And I found myself saying something unexpected:”I’ve always liked Rudy Guiliani. I liked him before 911 and on 911. But

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• Huckabee Hit Parade

  Published: December 16, 2007, 12:02 am

  Tags: Religious Right, Msm, Mike Huckabee, Usa, Political Philosophy, Bush Administration, Newsweek Blogitics, The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Pakistan, Media, Immigration, Conservatives, 2008 Elections, Iran, Iraq, Rudy Giuliani, Republicans, Independent Voters, Politics

  near, will there be time for voters to see the real Huckabee stand up? Cross-posted from my blog.

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• Poll: Democrats' Concern Is Candidate Electibility

  Published: December 18, 2007, 2:20 pm

  Tags: John Mccain, Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Elections, Mike Huckabee, Newsweek Blogitics, Independents, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Polls, 2008 Elections, Independent Voters, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics

  In a shift, Democratic voters are almost evenly divided between those who want a nominee who agrees with them on almost all issues and those who want one with the best chance of beating the Republican. Last month, they preferred an ideological match by 3-2. That’s a huge shift indicating: –Democratic voters have become more

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• Clinton Supporter Bob Kerrey Continues To Raise Obama Muslim Issues

  Published: December 18, 2007, 11:35 am

  Tags: Muslims, Independents, Bigotry, Newsweek Blogitics, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Elections, Religion, Independent Voters, Democrats, Politics

  kind of politics many of us independent voters do not want to see dominating the White House and many independent voters will likely reject it at the ballot box actively or by staying home if we don’t like the tactics of one candidate and the policies of the other. Is this all a mistake? Just innocently raising the issue? Didn’t he

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• Lieberman Endorses McCain

  Published: December 19, 2007, 2:00 am

  Tags: Elections, Joe Lieberman, John Mccain, Independent Voters, 2008 Elections, Politics

  Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant

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• Approaching Iowa: A Tale of Parallel Universes

  Published: December 23, 2007, 6:41 pm

  Tags: John F Kennedy, Independents, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee, Joe Lieberman, Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Primaries, Iowa, Newsweek Blogitics, Voting, Republican Party, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, Independent Voters, Democrats, Polls, Liberals, 2008 Elections, George W B

  and more evangelical than voters in New Hampshire’s primary. The composition of Iowa’s Republican caucus-goers is advantageous to Huckabee. The composition of New Hampshire’s likely primary-voters is not. Not only New Hampshire’ Republican voters more moderate and dramatically less evangelical, the state also allows

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