Last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined by 280 points – its worst week since June 1. The drop wiped out all the gains made since the Federal Reserve announced its “Quantitative Easing 3” program of open-ended money creation in mid-September.
Extreme partisanship has deemed any oppositional view as the dangerous “other,” making ideology the source of political gridlock.
GOP Rep. Doug Lamborn, considered by some “the most conservative member of Congress,” is being challenged by independent businessman Dave Anderson in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District.
There is no denying the rise of independent voters as a major bloc. Some polls now show registered independents outnumbering either Republicans or Democrats. Can they translate this into power and influence?
