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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?

What do Independent Voters Want?
April 2, 2012

Recently I appeared, along with fellow independent Franz Bauer, as a guest on the popular local TV program "Between the Lines." Despite a luxury of time — a 10-minute segment — we barely scratched the surface ..

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Ruy the Day!
March 15, 2012

Linda Killian’s book, The Swing Vote: The Untapped Power of Independents, is finally getting some attention. A string of authors — Douglas Schoen, John Avlon, and Omar Ali, to name a few — have been writing for years about the ...

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Independent Voters Urge Reforms to Limit Partisan Political Power
March 10, 2012

According to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, Americans' distrust of government is at its highest level, with 89 percent of Americans saying they distrust our government.

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A Twisted Tale of Partisan Politics
March 2, 2012

A strange case in Tennessee got my attention. Now it’s before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, as the judges consider whether a political party has the right to overturn the results of a primary election conducted entirely in accordance with state law.

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