Independent voters
* Clarus Poll: 88 Percent of American Workers Are Happy With Their Jobs (Reuters press release) Party: Republicans, at 92 percent, were happier than Democrats, at 80 percent. Self-described independent voters were almost as happy as Republicans at 91 percent.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS207031+02-Sep-2009+PRN20090902
* Congress’s Rating in U.S. Drops to 24-Year Low, Pew Poll Finds (By Jonathan D. [...]

Independent voters
Unrest among voters has implications for midterm elections; Watch those polls – but watch those polls carefully!

Obama Caught Up in the Washington Blame Game-The rancorous atmosphere in Washington has spread to healthcare town hall meetings (By Kenneth T. Walsh, US News & World Report) There is a real danger here for the Washington establishment. [...]

Poli-Tea author Damon Eris, independent political blogger, talks with The Hankster about independent and third party politics, the rise of independent voters in the face of an entrenched political duopoly, and what it all means to American politics circa 2009 and beyond.
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All of the above are tweets from Andrew Breitbart’s Twitter feed.
Here’s the deal: you don’t speak ill of the dead, especially when the body is still warm.
Now, before any of the conservatives in the audience get all pissy with me, you should know that I did not always agree with Ted Kennedy [...]

Independent Voters
Independents are playing a key role in the debate on health care. Centrist commentator John Avlon says indies are social liberals/fiscal conservatives; James A. Morone, seeming to speak for the Demo-(We-Are-Not-Socialists)-Crats says indies are moderate, fence-sitting, frightened and don’t vote in midterm elections… Independent strategist and public philosopher Fred Newman, PhD says “the most [...]

Hello everyone! After a vacation in the Heartland, here are some highlights of news for independent voters from the past week or so:
Independent Voters

Who’s Got the Power? Progressives find themselves outmaneuvered on healthcare reform. (By David Moberg, In These Times) More importantly, longer-term possibilities have been created by the failure of the Bush administration, the [...]

Some interesting polling numbers from PPP via Pollster.com:
Favorable / Unfavorable
Newt Gingrich: 33 / 42
Mike Huckabee: 45 / 28
Sarah Palin: 40 / 49
Mitt Romney: 37 / 34
2012 President
Obama 49%, Gingrich 41%
Obama 47%, Huckabee 44%
Obama 52%, Palin 38%
Obama 47%, Romney 40%
What is most notable to me are the 2012 presidential match-ups. Mike Huckabee is the [...]

News Headlines for Independent Voters DATE
Independent voters
Debate over where independents stand on health care reform stands…
GOP seeks its revival in the revolt against Obama’s healthcare plan (By Janet Hook and Peter Wallsten, LA Times) Others are still trying to figure out how to balance the desires of the base with the need to appeal to [...]

Independent Voters
Independent voters are at the center of the storm about health care reform.
Katrina Swett: Democratic Party has plenty of room for moderate voices (NH Union Leader, By KATRINA SWETT) As a lifelong Democrat who is proud to be considered part of the vibrant and effective heart of the party, I strongly disagree. It is [...]

Independent Voters

NOTE: Without much fanfare, the WaPo introduced a new blog just about around a year ago. Funny, this is the first mention of “independent voters”…in an article about Sarah Palin’s “downright evil” comment about President Obama’s healthcare plan. Sarah Palin Calls for…Restraint? (Stephen Stromberg, Washington Post/Post Partisan)
IMHO Marc Ambinder is one of the more anti-independent [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS

Chafee On Ballot Would Complicate Rhode Island Race (By Emma Dumain, CQ Politics)
Why Indie Voters Don’t Make California Purple (Jerry Roberts, Huffington Post) Others, like Dave Lesher and Mark Baldassare of the Public Policy Institute of California, have made the case more subtly, arguing that because California’s independents combine strains of social liberals and [...]

Hey everybody! It’s time for the comments of the week.
It’s been a busy one – some terrific posts and even more great comments. What follows is just a small sampling of Donklephant goodness. Please follow the links attached to the names to read more or to get involved in the [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Coverage of independent voters and health care reform from a more progressive viewpoint:

Wisconsin: Health Care Vital Issue (By Cecily Wu, CQ Politics) Thus, enactment of health care legislation that can draw solid public support could enable Kagen to maintain the backing of independent voters, who Scattergood said comprise upwards of 20 percent of the [...]

About 10 years ago I did work exchange at the beautiful Hostel in the Forest in Georgia. The agreement was room and board in exchange for various tasks required to keep the community functioning. I built a floating raft for the lake, removed the snakes from the chicken coop in the morning, [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS
More from Quinnipiac and Field polls on independent voters’ views

Deficit a Growing Concern for Public — and White House (By GERALD F. SEIB, Wall Street Journal) When Mr. Hart, the Democratic pollster, conducted a focus-group discussion with a dozen independent voters in Maryland a few days ago, he drew this conclusion: “These independents’ biggest [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS

Wherever independents fall on the supposed political “spectrum”, if they ARE on the political “spectrum”, (i.e. they do exist!) Many MSM publishers seek increasing irrelevance if they don’t see the direction that the American people are headed…. While it’s clear that independents are “all over the map” on social issues, they increasingly come together [...]

… equals JObama? The Jaracker?
If you haven’t seen these posters yet, they are apparently sprouting-up in and around Los Angeles as a type of street art, a la Shepard Fairey.
But here’s where the ‘joke’ falls flat: Obama is nothing like the Joker.
[and this is where you discover my nerdliness]
Anyone who is a fan of [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS
If you want to call it “fickle” to leave the two-party system behind in favor creating a new political culture, call me fickle!

2010: Fight for fickle kids (By: Eamon Javers, Politico) Stanford University political science professor Morris Fiorina is convinced that both political parties haven’t yet grasped the scale of the change that’s happening [...]

I wanted to follow up the health care redux post from the other day with a similar post on the status of energy reform legislation and developments along the leading edge of energy technology, but this is a totally different can of beans. While the health care legislation seems to be crystallizing into something [...]

INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Continued look at who independent voters are/are not and Obama’s poll numbers…

A reminder: Most ‘independent’ voters aren’t (LA Times/Top of the Ticket)
Sick and Tired of Republicans and Democrats? New Parties Say They Offer Alternatives (By James King, Phoenix News Times)
Pa.’s Sestak plans Tuesday announcement (USA Today)
Poll: Pennsylvania ranks 20th most Democratic state in the [...]