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News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/6/09

By Nancy Hanks | Related entries in Bloomberg, Independents, New Jersey, New York City, News

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/6/09 Independent Voters On healthcare and other hot issues: Follow the independents–The number of voters not tied to Democrats or Republicans is expanding fast. Both parties need to adjust. (By the Christian Science Monitor’s Editorial Board) Were the 2010 elections to occur today, 43 percent of independents say they would [...]

October 6th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Chicago Loses, Conservatives Rejoice

By The Pajama Pundit | Related entries in Chicago, News, Partisan Nonsense, Tweets

Something has been bugging me all weekend. I’ve never been to Chicago. From what friends and family have told me, The Windy City is indeed a great place. There is lots to see and do. But you wouldn’t be told that if you asked any number of right-wing-talking-heads. To these folks, Chicago is a cesspool [...]

October 5th, 2009 | Permalink| 85 Comments »

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/4/09

By Nancy Hanks | Related entries in News

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/4/09 Open Primaries California’s independent-minded gov Arnold Schwarzenegger still fighting for open primaries–Repubs officially reject his reform leadership A Report from California’s GOP Convention (Jon Fleischman, National Review Online) The delegates to the convention overwhelmingly opposed an open-primary measure that will appear on next June’s ballot. This measure is expected [...]

October 4th, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

Independents Leaning More Right?

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Independents, Polls, Republicans

Gallup has some numbers that might surprise. Basically, the folks who decide the elections (the indys) are starting to consider the Republicans more and Dems better pay attention. Because the only reason they made such historic gains in 2006 is because the DNC targeted districts that wanted more moderate leadership and took seats from the [...]

October 3rd, 2009 | Permalink| 12 Comments »

Anti-Obama Billboard Right Outside Of Kansas City

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Crazy, Obama

What to say to this? Well, I’ll give it a try… Looks like 1st Amendment rights are alive and well if folks can create a billboard that sits on one of the most well traveled highways in the country and suggest Obama is a communist and make a quasi-revolutionary call. I mean…do they not see [...]

October 2nd, 2009 | Permalink| 53 Comments »

Unemployment Rises In August; 263,000 Jobs Lost

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Barack, Democrats, Jobs, Obama, Republicans, unemployment

Numbers just came out today and in July the number was 247,000. This is obviously disappointing because the numbers had been consistently dropping since the beginning of the year and this uptick was not expected. More from Reuters: Analysts polled by Reuters had expected non-farm payrolls to drop 180,000 in September and the unemployment rate [...]

October 2nd, 2009 | Permalink| 5 Comments »

The Carper Compromise On Health Care

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Democrats, Health Care, Republicans

Stepping out of the shadows and into the spotlight today is Dem Senator Tom Carper from Delaware. He’s offering a third way on health care that could garner enough bipartisan support to pass. Essentially, it gives states the option to choose between private co-ops or a public option. Pretty easy. Here’s more… Carper wants to [...]

October 1st, 2009 | Permalink| 36 Comments »
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