Critics have called the Romney-Obama debates as narrow as they were shallow, but few have done more to try to broaden and deepen the national discussion than Amy Goodman and the Democracy NOW! team, who have produced their “Expanding the Debate” series with third party candidates added to the pair anointed by the two parties’ debate commission. The third party debate on Democracy Now! took a hard and detailed look at the issues discussed during the mainstream presidential debates.

Third party candidates in this presidential election often mention the drug war as the example of failed policy agreed on by the two main parties. The legalization of marijuana is one of the main changes advocated for by these candidates . However, nobody addresses  the link between HIV and the drug war.

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SAN DIEGO, CA –October 29^th 2012--The Independent Voter Network (IVN.us) invites you to appetizers, drinks, and some non-partisan fun at its official Election Night Party on November 6, 2012 at Marina Kitchen. The event will be held at Marriott Marquis & Marina at 333 West Harbor Drive South Tower Lobby Level. The event starts at 5pm.

last several decades, party central committees, partisan special interests, and courts overseen by party-appointed judges have built an institutional wall around party power-brokers. Districts are re-drawn, with bipartisan agreements: "I'll give you a red district X if you give me a blue district Y.