2010-09-06T11:52:00Z http://blog.independentmovement.net/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast tag:blog.independentmovement.net,2008-06-30:0923c347-1fcc-4ba5-a5b3-b8a1d35669af Elizabeth Debreu 2008-06-30T19:21:00Z 2008-06-30T19:21:00Z Those of us born circa 1960 are a distinct cultural generation with, sad as it may sound, Watergate, not Vietnam or sexual liberation, as the political moment that most sharply defined us.  Now that we have come of age, we may finally get a chance to explain how our experience growing up makes us approach politics and life differently than our Baby Boomer predecessors.  Yes, we know that the term “baby boomer” is accurately used to describe a birth demographic that covers almost twenty years.  But, it is most often inaccurately used to sweep all of us into a single ...

Those of us born circa 1960 are a distinct cultural generation with, sad as it may sound, Watergate, not Vietnam or sexual liberation, as the political moment that most sharply defined us.  Now that we have come of age, we may finally get a chance to explain how our experience growing up makes us approach politics and life differently than our Baby Boomer predecessors.  Yes, we know that the term “baby boomer” is accurately used to describe a birth demographic that covers almost twenty years.  But, it is most often inaccurately used to sweep all of us into a single ...

tag:blog.independentmovement.net,2008-03-20:ecfc82f8-3d00-458e-b461-215cf95f1033 Jim Mangia 2008-03-20T21:52:00Z 2008-03-20T21:52:00Z As the presidential race unfolds, it seems more and more difficult for the corporate media, party bosses and special interests to allow a new kind of politic to take hold in America.  The cynical and vicious attacks of the Clinton machine against Barack Obama are all around us.  While Clinton runs the "3am phone call" television ad, questioning Obama's "readiness", Fox News and CNN show a sermon Obama's pastor gave in Chicago years ago as justification to question the sincerity of his unity message.  Geraldine Ferraro (a key member of the Democratic Party establishment) states publicly that Obama wouldn't be ...

As the presidential race unfolds, it seems more and more difficult for the corporate media, party bosses and special interests to allow a new kind of politic to take hold in America.  The cynical and vicious attacks of the Clinton machine against Barack Obama are all around us.  While Clinton runs the "3am phone call" television ad, questioning Obama's "readiness", Fox News and CNN show a sermon Obama's pastor gave in Chicago years ago as justification to question the sincerity of his unity message.  Geraldine Ferraro (a key member of the Democratic Party establishment) states publicly that Obama wouldn't be ...

tag:blog.independentmovement.net,2008-03-19:89815297-c5e2-4e46-9e2b-85cc49ec094e Linda Curtis 2008-03-19T22:14:00Z 2008-03-19T22:14:00Z The 2008 Texas presidential primary left me with disappointment and hope. I had the honor of announcing Independent Texans’ endorsement of Senator Obama at his Dallas headquarters, with Dallas District Attorney, Craig Watkins. But as we found out, Obama must -- if he wants to not only secure the Democratic nomination AND win the presidency, but really bring change to America -- continue to radically outreach to white working-class and Hispanic independent Americans.

The 2008 Texas presidential primary left me with disappointment and hope. I had the honor of announcing Independent Texans’ endorsement of Senator Obama at his Dallas headquarters, with Dallas District Attorney, Craig Watkins. But as we found out, Obama must -- if he wants to not only secure the Democratic nomination AND win the presidency, but really bring change to America -- continue to radically outreach to white working-class and Hispanic independent Americans.

tag:blog.independentmovement.net,2008-03-16:7195761a-13c2-4cd0-b171-04a83c130ff5 Alvaader Frazier 2008-03-16T22:09:00Z 2008-03-16T22:09:00Z Now that many Americans Voters have made clear that this is a Presidential Election that has excited the country and History making choices are being offered. Independents are once again showing that we will be the voters who will probably provide the margin of victory to the eventual winner. Therefore, one of the main issues confounding independent voters is how do we exact any leverage and political power that expresses the genuine concerns of independents as a third political force?

Now that many Americans Voters have made clear that this is a Presidential Election that has excited the country and History making choices are being offered. Independents are once again showing that we will be the voters who will probably provide the margin of victory to the eventual winner. Therefore, one of the main issues confounding independent voters is how do we exact any leverage and political power that expresses the genuine concerns of independents as a third political force?