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Independent Candidates See 2014 as Opportunity for Change in Washington
Despite consistently low approval ratings of Congress, candidates outside the Democratic and Republican parties have faced an uphill battle gaining enough exposure and credibility to get elected.Since ...
28 Jul, 2014
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Midterm Ads Test Messages with Help From Pollsters, Stretch Truth
During Clinton’s uphill re-election campaign in 1996, the president relied heavily on the aid of pollsters. With the help of strategists such as Doug Schoen, Dick Morris, and Mark Penn, the presi ...
10 Jul, 2014
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Independent Congressional Candidate Chris Stockwell Says He Can Win in Mass.
In an already hotly contested race for the congressional seat in Massachusetts’ sixth district, an independent candidate has just thrown his hat into the ring.Chris Stockwell, an avowed centrist and p ...
07 Jul, 2014
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Independence and Rebellion in the Modern Age
Two hundred and thirty eight years ago, on July 2, John Adams led the Continental Congress to declare the independence of 13 American states. Two days later, representatives of the 13 colonies ra ...
02 Jul, 2014
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Independent Evan Falchuk First to Qualify for Mass. Gubernatorial Ballot
Two big announcements came out of independent Evan Falchuk's camp on Monday: he became the first gubernatorial candidate to officially qualify for the November ballot in Massachusetts, and he plans to ...
27 Jun, 2014
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Team USA and The Power to Bridge a Divided Nation
The partisan fracturing of American politics is a topic of frequent debate and discussion. Politics is becoming increasingly personal, and antipathy between ideologies is on the rise. As activist ...
20 Jun, 2014
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Independent Candidates Form Alliance to Permanently End Partisan Gridlock
Is there a way to end gridlock forever? What about gerrymandering, closed primaries, and high-barrier requirements for outsiders? Even then, what about the complete dependence candidates have on a tin ...
10 Jun, 2014
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Mass. Incumbent Faces Serious Primary Threats in 6th Congressional District
John Tierney, who narrowly held his Massachusetts congressional seat in 2012, is facing another difficult challenge in the 2014 election season. Tierney, a Democrat, has represented the 6th Congressio ...
27 May, 2014
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Bruce Skarin: Campaign Not About Me; It's About We the People
On May 20, I passed the 150-mile mark of my 1,000-mile walking tour of Massachusetts. In these first few weeks, I have had over a hundred conversations and personally collected even more signatures fo ...
22 May, 2014
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Pennsylvania Independents Demand Equal Access to Elections
"Today, I and many other citizens of Pennsylvania will be denied the right to vote," independent Pennsylvania voter Tom Stack wrote in a letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It is not because we ar ...
20 May, 2014
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