Salit’s post-election analysis after Obama’s second presidential election, including the role independents played. How the Democrats abandoned the anti-partisan coalition that propelled Obama in 2008.  Divided independent vote was an expression of how deeply disturbed independents are by partisanship.  Many people came away saying, we really have to do something about way our political process operated.

Following presidential debates and fresh off first leg of a book tour on Independents Rising, Salit gives an overview of her travels and how the movement is developing from the bottom up, including how nonpartisan elections are faring in California.  

On the day that Salit’s Book Independent Rising, a 30-year history about the independent movement. hit  the book stores, Salit gives a report on the state of the movement.

Jackie Salit interviews former Congressman Mickey Edwards, author of The Parties vs. the People How to Turn Republicans and Democrats into Americans, an insider account about political corruption and ways to fix Congress.