JP Avlon says “Photo-op centrism is not enough” and I agree. Here’s a “round” roundup of what’s on the minds of independent pundits and voters from Florida to Massachusetts to New York. John P. Avlon, senior political columnist for The Daily Beast and author of the new book “Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking [...]
UPDATE: CNN’s Don Lemon with Independent Panel TONIGHT: Omar Ali, Joe Gandelman and Nicole Kurokawa on Broken Government 7:20pm — Ok, just heard from Don Lemon, independent panel pushed to 10pm because of Chili earthquake. (Thanks, Don) donlemoncnn @NancyHanks independents at 10p. got moved because of chili breaking news this weekend. CNN’s Don Lemon with [...]
If you like your health care debates boiled down to their essential elements, you’ll love the following video…which sums up what has happened in the past year in pretty succinct fashion. And away we go!!! Tweet
If you can watch the following 20 minutes, it’s hard to argue that the President’s proposals are anywhere close to radical. In fact, some of the more “radical” parts started out as Republican ideas. Don’t believe me? Take a look… Personally, I think the notion that we start over on this legislation is just a [...]
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Recently, discussion on Donklephant.com centered around a perceived bias on the part of the Drudge Report in not featuring the recent domestic terrorism attack on an IRS building in Texas. Concern was also expressed that police in Austin “refused to call it terrorism.” The administration must be listening. Obviously bowing to the pressure from the [...]
If you haven’t yet read Jackie Salit’s “Independents See Through Washington’s Magic Show”, here’s a link to Chicago online SWNewsHerald Keeping up with CNN’s Broken Government series, here’s a transcript on TMV of Don Lemon’s panel last Sunday featuring Dr. Omar Ali, Joe Gandelman and Nicole Kurokawa Attorney Harry Kresky advocates for nonpartisan elections in [...]
The Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, certainly had its moments. In what appears to be an impromptu statement, Ryan Sorba, head of the Young Americans for Freedom’s California chapter, stood up to condemn CPAC’s invitation to GOProud, a group that supports gay Republicans: Mr. Sorba was booed by some in the conservative audience. He has [...]
Yours truly had a post on WomenMakeNews.com called “Political Independence is the New Feminism” — please check it out! Jackie Salit, President of IndependentVoting.org, a national association of independent voters and the manager of the NYC Independence Party’s campaign for Mike Bloomberg in which he became the first independent mayor of New York City, has [...]
He’s saying it will pass in the next 60 days… “I’ve had many conversations this week with the president, his chief of staff, and Speaker Pelosi,” Reid said during an appearance Friday evening on “Face to Face with Jon Ralston” in Nevada. “And we’re really trying to move forward on this.” The majority leader said [...]
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