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 nascent movement of independent...

Finally, the Iowa caucuses are done. The Republican field is narrowing (a bit), refocusing on New Hampshire and/or South Carolina. Some party pooh-bahs are ordering Romney/Santorum 2012 bumper stickers for the fall. Perhaps Ron Paul, representing the party's anti-establishment libertarian wing, has put a down payment on Paul/Paul 2016 bumper...

Power politics has a way of erasing the memory of how things happened in the first place. That's because when institutions come to power, they want the stories about themselves to reinforce their institutional strength. They never like to credit outsider, non-institutional forces, even if the outsiders role in a...

STATEMENT BY JACKIE SALIT, PRESIDENT
IndependentVoting.Org

"If President Obama wants to rebuild his standing with independent voters, the compromise tax package is a small step, mainly because it shows he's willing to take on his own party," said Jackie Salit, president of IndependentVoting.org. "But if he really wants to...

This article first appeared in Newsday on Oct. 31, 2010

Name a problem -- poverty, war, out-of-control spending. The political parties offer themselves as the solution to all of the above, and more. We respond by voting for first one party, then the other, then back again. We want to...

I was talking with Michael Lewis, founder of Independent Kentucky, recently about an author writing a new book about independent politics. "What's her angle?" I asked. Michael replied: "Not sure. But she doesn't know anything about me."

Michael is a very smart guy who earlier this year took on the...

This week I filed an amicus brief in an appeal that seeks relief from discriminatory deadlines imposed on independent candidates. Colorado state representative Kathleen Curry is the plaintiff in the case.

Joining me in filing the amicus was Joelle Riddle, a La Plata county...

An Open Invitation to MoveOn.org from the Left (AKA anti-party) Wing of the Independent Movement

Co-authored by Harry Kresky and Jason Olson

On May 2, 2010 MoveOn.org launched its "most important campaign ever," an effort to "end the stranglehold that big corporations and lobbyists have on our government."...

The Washington political game is like a magic show. It's filled with smoke and mirrors which create the perception that one thing is happening, when something else altogether is going on.

At a magic show, it looks like a lady is being cut in half, when she is actually...

The Republican and Democratic Parties have finally found something to agree on. Americans are angry. And what do the parties propose to do about it? The Republicans say they know the answer. Just put them in power. The Democrats say they know the answer. Just keep them in power. But...

How the Independent Movement Went Left By Going Right

A Special Post-Election Report

By Neo-Independent Executive Editor Jacqueline Salit.

On election night I watched Barack Obama give his victory speech in Grant Park, cheered on by millions of Americans across the country. They were celebrating the fall...