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Today, President Barack Obama heads to New Hampshire to start his two-day tour in "Romney's backyard". He will focus on dueling visions for the economy, an issue that remains at the top of the list for voters nationwide. A campaign spokesman hinted that Obama will compare his approach, starting from the middle class out, to that of Romney, which he characterizes as "top down." After his speech in New Hampshire, he is scheduled to hold three campaign fundraisers in Boston, one of which also featu

Revolutions begin in righteous idealism but too often end in absolute horror. Lots of nice ideas get bandied about, but in the end most things get worse and very little gets better. The essential contradiction, the crux of the matter is that revolutions may entail the highest aspirations of the human spirit for freedom, dignity, and fairness, but when they involve war, everybody loses. The costs exceed the benefits every time. I have always come down on the side of the revolutionaries. My mothe

Gary Johnson excluded from national discussion on immigration policy On our report about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's "dueling addresses" on immigration policy to Latino leaders at a conference in Florida, one commenter pointed out the exclusion of Libertarian Party presidential candidate, Gov. Gary Johnson of New Mexico from the discussion: "That’s right, exclude the guy with the best record and a 2 term governor of the of the most Latino state: http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/record" This

I'm watching Mitt Romney's address to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials live on CSPAN right now. He has really come out swinging hard at President Obama... UPDATE (9:31am PT) - Romney's introductory remarks were brief. He said what unites us as Americans is more important than our differences, and that what unites us is our love for this country. He then wasted no time in discussing what divides us (partisan bickering), and launching into a robust criticism of P

Your Independent News Tips of the Day. POLITICO – Boehner Says Obama’s New Plan Will Make Immigration Deal Unlikely This morning Speaker Boehner said at the RNC headquarters that Obama’s new immigration policy would make a bipartisan immigration policy unlikely. He called the new policy a turn to “the politics of envy and division.” POLITICO – Paul Krugman Predicts Bigger Economic Depression Under Romney The NY Times columnist compared Romney’s economic policies to those used in Ireland. Ire

President Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Los Cabos, Mexico for nearly two hours in a highly-anticipated sideline meeting during the G-20 summit meeting. The heads of state were expected to discuss important regional and international issues currently straining relations between the two superpowers. In addition, both are attending the two-day G-20 gathering, an annual conference of the 20 countries with largest and most powerful economies. While the conference itself wi

Your Independent News Tips of the Day. Reuters – UN Syria Mission Going Poorly 300 unarmed peacekeepers were discharged to Syria to see that the UN peace plan was implemented. Since, they have become the target of attacks by both warring factions and are consistently blamed for a rise in violence. White House – President’s Mortgage Refinance Proposal in 60 Seconds Watch the video to see if you may qualify under the new proposal. Reuters – Google Censorship Requests Coming From Unsuspecting

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) had to know his endorsement of former MA Governor and presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney for president would upset many supporters of the Senator's father, TX Congressman and GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. And sure enough, it has upset a lot of the Ron Paul supporters. But does the endorsement reveal a change of philosophy or of positions on the issues? Senator Paul says it does not. “My participating and saying that I will support the nominee doesn't change me  

The Hill – Rand Paul Fighting Domestic Drone Surveillance The Kentucky Senator has pushed the Preserving Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act that would require the government to obtain a warrant to surveil US citizens. The bill is a response to Congress pushing the FAA to allow droves to fly alongside commercial aircraft beginning in 2015. Al Jazeera – Russians Accuse US of Arming Syrian Rebels In response to reports that Russia is sending attack helicopters to the Assad regime, the Rus

This weekend, former two-term Governor of New Mexico and Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson appeared on MSNBC’s Weekends with Alex Witt. Kicking off the segment with Johnson’s latest web ad, Ms. Witt described it as “Orwellian” and asked if Johnson was serious or just playing politics. Gov. Johnson’s ad assaults the Democrats and Republicans for keeping us in a state of perpetual war and unsustainable debt, eliminating the Bill of Rights, and systematically “dismantling the freedo