Page 1 - Editor's Note

Page 5 - Jacqueline Salit, Barack Obama: The Real Deal or Just Another Democrat?

Page 12 - The 2008 Presidential: Will Independents Make the Difference? Views from around the country

Page 12 - Marie Horrigan / Congressional Quarterly
Poll Shows Ardor for Democrats Has Cooled, But Lead Over GOP Remains

Page 13 - Mary E. O'Leary / New Haven Register
Big Change Expected in American Politics

Page 14 - Holly Ramer / boston.com
Independents Wield Clout in N.H. Primary

Page 16 - Linda Curtis / Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Heading 'em off at the pass

Page 17 - Wilbert A. Tatum / The New York Amsterdam News
Didn't Hear Nobody Pray

Page 19 - June Kronholz / The Wall Street Journal
Could Bloomberg Shake Up Race?

Page 21 - Wayne Griffin / South Carolina Black News
It's Time for Independents for Obama

Page 22 - Kirsten Singleton / The Augusta Chronicle
Democrats Duke It Out Onstage

Page 24 - Jeff Zeleny / The New York Times
Senator From Nebraska Says No to Presidential Bid, for Now

Page 25 - Susan Redden / The Joplin Globe
Election Experience Turns Into Bills

Page 26 - David S. Broder / The Washington Post
Third-Party Campaign Seeks Nonpartisan Advantage

Page 28 - Talk/Talk
Fred Newman and Jacqueline Salit take on the talking heads

Page 35 - Phyllis Goldberg
Profiles in Independence
Betty J Ward: A Passion for Principle