"The Independents Who Could Tip the Senate in November"

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The Independents Who Could Tip the Senate in November

by Linda Killian at the Daily Beast

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/13/the-independents-who-could-tip-the-senate-in-november.html#

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Anyone who has been talking to voters around the country and watching public opinion polls knows that American voters are angry, tired of both political parties, and ready for a change.

Until very recently, though, that frustration has had almost no outlet, as independent candidates for office in the past were rarely competitive and almost always dismissed by the national media as a sideshow.

Not this year.

Suddenly the battle for control of the U.S. Senate appears to hinge on a few independent candidates who won’t say who they will caucus with if they win and are signaling they may not caucus with either party.




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[1StrongBlackMan]

1. Sadly, neither the candidates ...

nor the electorate are "independents" ... the vast majority of each, are partisans that have realized that the party brand is tarnished, as insufficiently pure ... on both ends of the spectrum.