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 America.”, [...]

News Headlines for Independent Voters 9/29/09
Watching the gov races go independent
A Declaration of independents in 2010 (By ALEX ISENSTADT, Politico) Independent candidates are poised to run serious campaigns for governor in at least a half-dozen states, a development that threatens Democratic fortunes in some of the bluest and most progressive-minded states in the nation.
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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 [...]

Here’s an interesting gambit from an hard up resort.
The Rancho Bernardo Inn, a San Diego luxury resort, is offering rooms for $19 a night. But there’s a catch — you have to sleep in a tent and bring your own toilet paper.
The promotion runs for 2 weeks. The idea is to get “heads in [...]

Hey all,
Just found out about this blog and it’s disturbing. Basically, Iranian authorities are using Blogger blogs to ID protestors so they can arrest them.
Here’s how you can help:

Visit the blog and at the very top there should be a button that says “Flag Blog.” Click that.

This will send you to a page that features [...]