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		<title>Who are the Independents?</title>
		<link>http://www.rebelyid.com/2010/07/who-are-the-independents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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In the wake of the elections  of November 3, 2008 we noted the dramatic swing of the independent voter.  Who are these voters and why do they refuse to ally themselves with one of the two major parties?  I confess up front that this is my sense and perception and I do not propose to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Partisan Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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The Senate election in Massachusetts may signal much more that dissatisfaction with the current administration; it may signal and end to partisan politics as we have known it.
Given the euphoria and high expectations at Obama&#8217;s election in the midst of the worst financial crisis in half a century, it was already difficult not to disappoint. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Was the Obama Election a Fluke?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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Among the many comments on last Tuesday&#8217;s race was Charles Krauthammer&#8217;s noted in  the Washington Post.  Read it here.
An excerpt:
&#8220;The &#8216;08 election was a historical anomaly. A uniquely charismatic candidate was running at a time of deep war weariness, with an intensely unpopular Republican president, against a politically incompetent opponent, amid the greatest financial collapse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Independents and the Populists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Oliner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I sense that many independents that voted for Obama are having buyer&#8217;s remorse.
The danger of being independent is not having to define your position or governing philosophy beyond being &#8216;independent.&#8217; For better or worse the parties do state a party platform and are in some limited sense held accountable to it.  As a candidate for [...]]]></description>
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