A local newspaper in upstate New York’s 23rd Congressional District, scene of the hard-fought and nationally prominent special election (won — so far anyway — by the Democrat after his Conservative opponent conceded), reports that a computer virus may have “tainted’ the results:  
GOUVERNEUR, NY – The computerized voting machines used by many voters in the [...]

So, I read Doug’s take as well as John’s angle and followed it all with Justin’s comments and Jacob’s snark.
The bottom-line (as far as I’m concerned) is that this really is not a big deal. I understand the interest and argument posited by Doug and John, but I think that the answers to their [...]

Seniors: One super-voting bloc politicians mess with at their peril
For months now, it’s been clear that the road to “deficit neutral” health care reform is a bumpy, maybe even dangerous, one for seniors. Ironically, in their zeal to extend health insurance to the roughly 40 million people who don’t have any, President Obama and many [...]

Not surprisingly, The New York Times review of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue: An American Life isn’t exactly positive:
“Going Rogue,” the title of Sarah Palin’s erratic new memoir, comes from a phrase used by a disgruntled McCain aide to describe her going off-message during the campaign: among other things, for breaking with the campaign over its [...]

In what can only be called an Epic Win, President Obama has turned his back on Superman!
USA rules!
With this daring breach of protocol (at the risk of a super-wedgie) Obama has done what no American President has ever done – disrespected Superman.
I think we can all agree that this is truly a great [...]

Not unless the White House is making up its own “protocol” as Obama cruises through his latest road trip.

For the past 24 hours, a lot of eyebrows have been raised around the world about this photo of the President of the United States bowing low — very low — before the Emperor of Japan, one [...]

Where the Independent Voters — and Independent Candidates — Are in 2010
You’ll never see what happened last Tuesday looking through a two-party microscope! Nope. You need an independent historyscope to get this one!
I had the pleasure of hearing independent strategist Jackie Salit give her analysis of the November elections on Sunday night on her regular [...]

Vice President Joe Biden has been up to all sorts of good stuff lately… but mostly making phone calls and eating. Whether it’s snacking on picnic lunches with the veterans, hosting an extravagant dinner with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemew of Constantinope, or wolfing down chili dogs with Governor Granholm of Michigan, the VP [...]

Before you get nervous, know that Joe Biden was NOT in the armored vehicles when they crashed on Wednesday around 2:27 am. US Park Police said the VP’s regular convoy — two armored vehicles, a limousine and a sport utility vehicle — struck and killed a pedestrian in Maryland. Larry D. Moore, 53, of Temple [...]

Hello all. A recent move and career change means I’ve not been the most prolific of bloggers lately, but hopefully I’ll have more time, now that I’m settled, to pop in now and again. For those that don’t remember me, I run a right-of-centre trans-Atlantic group blog called The Crossed Pond. I’m [...]

This article has multiple issues.
No kidding.
Let’s start at the beginning:
Is corporatocracy a far-left conspiracy theory or is it that government of the people, for the people and by the people perishing from the earth?
It’s hard to say – literally, corporatocracy is a hard word to write and say.
It occurs [...]

142,817 VOTES FOR BLOOMBERG ON COLUMN C
DELIVERS MARGIN TO
CITY’S FIRST INDEPENDENT MAYOR
New York, NY-The Independence Party vote for Mike Bloomberg yesterday broke numerous records and re-enforced its ongoing mandate for independent governance and non-partisan reform.
Unofficial returns released by the Board of Elections put the IP total on Column “C” at 142,817 votes, nearly 26% of [...]

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/31/09
Note  in the majority of voters in New Jersey are independent and will play the decisive role in Tuesday Gov election there.
Mike Bloomberg, in coalition with the NYC Independence Party, carries out an independent nonpartisan race for the future of New York City.
Elsewhere in New York, independent candidates, parties and [...]

So, a pretentious group of musicians is upset that their music is being used to torment America’s most dangerous enemies?
And now they want the U.S. government to release an official song list?
I can’t imagine that such a document actually exists. Are we supposed to believe that CIA and Pentagon interrogators around the world were issued [...]

Atlanta, GA — Georgia Independent Voters (GIV), a state-based association representing independent voters, announced today its endorsement of former State Senator Kasim Reed for mayor of the City of Atlanta.
“We’re proud to announce our support for Kasim Reed for Mayor of Atlanta,” said Thyrsa M. Gravely, a long-time independent political organizer and a key player [...]

News Headlines for Independent Voters 10/22/09
Independent Voters
How Dems Can Cut Their Losses (by Charlie Cook, National Journal) Part of the genius of the 1994 GOP “Contract with America” was its message that resonated with the independent voters and others who voted for Ross Perot in 1992. It was less ideological and more outsider.
Morning Fix: A [...]

A brief introduction:  I’m a libertarian Republican, fiscal conservative and born-again Christian with moderate social views.  That means I’m sure to irritate everyone at some point, but never mind; I’m pleased to be invited to be part of the Donklephant team. Now, on to the first post …
Along with the head scratching [...]

SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK: THE INDEPENDENTS’ STORY
By: Jackie Salit
When we finally get far enough down the road on health care reform, it will become clear that a driving force in the intensity of the fight was a heart attack. Not the medical kind. The political kind.
Independents swung decisively to Barack Obama in the 2008 [...]

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 vote Republican [...]