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!!!

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 [...]

An important conversation is happening right now. Please watch.

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 [...]

Keith Olbermann of MSNBC recently editorialized that the Tea Party movement was devoid of “people of color.” The rallies I have seen on my local news show a good mix of what I think is meant by the term “people of color”, including blacks, hispanics, Pacific islanders and asians. But I do live in the [...]

I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning… The Tea Party’s choice in the Florida Republican primary, Marco Rubio, began his address to a crowd of conservative conventioneers by taking a shot at President Obama for reading from a teleprompter. He did it while standing in front of two easily visible teleprompters. It was [...]

Yes, an additional $1.5B in aid to homeowners in Nevada gets priority over a plane being flown into a government facility on purpose. The terrorism link doesn’t even have a picture or is highlighted in red (I circled it just to point it out), which is usually what Drudge does with an important story that [...]

I guess it’s only terrorism if you’re a Muslim? From Fox News: A pilot furious with the Internal Revenue Service crashed his small plane into an Austin, Texas, office building where nearly 200 federal tax employees work on Thursday, igniting a raging fire that sent massive plumes of thick, black smoke rising from the seven-story [...]

Is it still possible to have a good conversation about the day’s news? Two Way Street explores that… By the way, this is my new favorite debate show. And it’s online. So, be sure to subscribe and we’ll continue to share these videos as they come in!

Yes, he said that partisanship was out of control on both sides… “There’s just too much brain-dead partisanship, tactical maneuvering for short-term political advantage rather than focusing on the greater good, and also just strident ideology. The extremes of both parties have to be willing to accept compromises from time to time to make some [...]

This time, Two Way Street debates whether or not we should close down our military bases overseas… Your thoughts?

Another hour of the new policy debate program that lets both sides have an honest, respectful debate. So what did you think? Please share your thoughts.

Could the following be the new Crossfire? Let’s hope, and we have 4 different programs to show us. First, the War on Drugs… I encourage you to follow this program and share it with your friends. Because that’s the only way we’ll be able to get this type of debate into the mainstream. Next up [...]

Almost exactly 5 years ago, Wired.com ran an article chronicling the various reasons why nuclear energy was a decent idea. At the time, I was skeptical upon reading the headline, but once I dug into the article I was swayed and considered this alternative more seriously. It was definitely a controversial piece, but it was [...]