Kansas, South Dakota, Alaska, and Maine all feature major independent candidates in statewide races, wreaking havoc with the usual political order. American voters are also moving away from the two main parties.
And in another strange one, Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (R) faces an independent with the Democratic nominee as his running mate – and former Gov. Sarah Palin (R) is backing the independent, former Valdez mayor Bill Walker. Private polling shows a close race.
“Both parties are in the dumpster with Americans,” says Republican strategist Ford O’Connell. “At the rate we’re going, by 2016 the two dirtiest words in political language are going to be Republican and Democrat.”
All of the above may give heart to Americans who are tired of politics as usual – especially the partisan gridlock in Washington – and welcome what appears to be a burst of outside-the-political-box thinking. But there’s less there than meets the eye. See Full Story at CSMonitor.com
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