2006 Spring Vol. 3 No. 1

Editor's Note(pdf) Table of Contents

CAROLE STRAYHORN SECEDES
(FROM THE GOP)
Page 1, Editor's Note

"When Carole Strayhorn, the state comptroller in Texas, left the Republican Party to run for governor as an Independent, she turned to the leader of Independent Texans, part of the CUIP network, for help."

BILL MUNDELL REDEFINES REDISTRICTING, Page 9, by Phyllis Golberg

"Anti-partisan political reforms are popular with voters. There's only one problem - politics is too partisan to get them passed."

THE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS?, Page 13, by Jacqueline Salit

"In November of 2005, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won reelection with 59% of the vote. The Republican/Independent (he ran on two ballot lines) defeated Democrat Fernando Ferrer in a city where the Democratic Party has a 5 to 1 voter registration advantage and racial minorities are in the majority. Besides his personal fortune, what was the secret to Mike's success?"

EYE ON KATRINA, Page 33, Talk Talk, Sunday, December 25, 2006

It's Not a Story, It's America!

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