Dissatisfaction with the Republican and Democratic parties has many Americans considering the prospect of an Independent alternative.  A new survey by ABC News and The Washington Post finds that 61% of Americans favor the idea of an Independent candidate for president.

In 2007, the year before Barack Obama was elected President, the liberal advocacy organization Public Citizen’s “White House For Sale” website was actively seeking change in what it viewed as onerous lobbying activities, particularly bundling. 

 The Washington Post talks about the increasingly non-partisan tone in the 2012 Election. Romney and Perry both talk about American as “our” country, not the Democrats’ or Republicans’. Could this shift away from partisanship be exactly what “our” country needs? 

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While some claim that the Occupy Wall Street movement is nothing more than a mass effort to re-elect President Barack Obama, a 

State Department officials warned Monday that Israel is readying a unilateral military operation against Iran. Ostensibly, this has caused diplomats for the U.S.

That smoking thing you did was brilliant.
What Herman Cain’s chief of staff, Mark Block, says Henry Kissinger said to him about the rather mystifying viral campaign video that showed Block taking a drag on a cigarette and Cain smiling very slowly. (via officialssay)

Who needs foreign policy when you have social media?

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Forget Iowa. Republican presidential candidates are duking it out online. With data from OhMyGov Inc., check out who’s winning the Internet campaign.

In a sign that a leverage point between powerful financial institutions and the general public may have been reached, Bank of America recently announced that it was backing off from plans to institute a $5 monthly fee for use of its debit cards.