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It is not simply a matter of big money in politics. There is big money in all of American life. The more pervasive problem is that we now have self-interested political institutions — the parties — that are considered “too big to fail.” Are we supposed to protect them and their refusal to share power with the people at all costs?

Bernie, We’re in a Bind: An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders From Jacqueline Salit, President, IndependentVoting.org
February 25, 2016

Dear Bernie, I write to you today because you and I are both in a bind. Maybe together we can find a way out of it. At least I hope so.

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Tea Party Activists: Don’t Confuse Them With Independents
February 16, 2016

Sarah Palin, America’s newest conservative movement leader, seems to be aiming for a takeover of the GOP. Don’t walk away from the Republican Party, she counseled the “tea partyers” recently, even if some candidates turn out...

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Bernie, You Say You Want a Revolution?
February 4, 2016

Congratulations, Bernie Sanders. Everyone bet the farm on Hillary. (Except Trump, of course, who promised to buy the farm.) But you showed the country that the mighty Clinton machine could be penned in by the call for a political revolution.

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Independents Unite and Become a Force
December 14, 2015

A new study of independent voters reports that 67 percent of all Arizona voters think “the two-party system has outlived its usefulness.” Dissatisfaction with the political process runs high.

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