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Serious as a Heart Attack
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I got this in my e-mail inbox today from blogger and CUIP independent activist Nancy Hanks. Although I am not a member of CUIP, I fully support and respect their efforts to organize and serve as a valuable resource to political independents nationwide.
Nancy accurately observes that independent voters and their perspectives are not being represented accurately — or at all — in the mainstream media. There are a lot of polls out there mainly concerned about the critical independent vote in the upcoming mid-term elections. Yet these polls are being interpreted by media outlets without comment and without input from “on-the-ground” independents.
The essay below is the one attempt to reclaim the narrative in favor of independents active in the CUIP networks and in the independent movement. The author, Jackie Salit, is the president of IndependentVoting.org.
I have my own thoughts on this and will write more later. I am publishing Salit’s essay in full.
Tags: Committee for a Unified Independent Party, cuip, Jackie Salit
Democrats, Populism and Insurgent Populists
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John Emerson has just posted an excellent piece over at the Open Left blog called “What is Populism and Why are Democrats Afraid of It?”
It is a capsule history lesson on populist influences on the Democratic Party from the post Civil War period up to the 1970s and how populism as a political philosophy and an organizing principle has been marginalized in the Democratic Party since then.
Who’s Got Your Back? (How Likely is a Left-Right Alliance)
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In The Tea Party Movement: A Populist Potential, I first explored the possibility of a cooperative effort by activists from the Left and Tea Party activists on the Right. I made the argument that something like that happening may not be as far fetched as it might sound. The Poli-Tea blog took the question further in a series of posts and a fascinating discussion ensued in the comments section.
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Two-Party System Shills
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Pundit Chris Cilizza pooh-poohed the idea of the “Rise of Independents” in this Washington Post article.
Despite the reported increase of Americans self-identifying as independents according to the latest poll results Cilizza decides to throw some rain on independents’ parade by saying:
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Tags: Chris Cilizza, democratic party, participatory democracy, Republican Party