The green party members and socialists dislike the Democratic party. The tea parties are largely made up of the disaffected base of the Republican party, as well as libertarians and some from the La Rouche movement, the Constitution Party, etc. They are simply to radical to fit into the current political dialogue, and anything but “independent” or “non-partisan.”

The independents who aren’t whack-jobs either lean to one party or the other or are politically uninformed. The number of true independents – people are likely to vote for either party – hasn’t changed for thirty years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_voter

I fail to understand the deference the media shows so-called independent voters.

But for automaticBS’s narrative, that doesn’t fit. He’d rather avoid the facts, once again, and play with the red meat on his PETA-free plate. Liberals? They are the very essence of duplicity and reality avoidance. You never disappoint, automaticBS.

Remember, our President started his career suing banks in chicago cause they didn’t give people mortgages, though the banks clearly knew those people would not be able to repay the loans. End result, multiplied on a national scale, is the mortgage crisis that brought the once-powerful banking system down.
The chicago politicians want nothing less for healthcare. Give people ‘all you can eat’ and let ‘the rich’ pay for it. If they don’t have enough cash, take it out of doctors, hospitals, seniors, or just pile the debt on to our childrens accounts.

People were there to protest their impending loss of freedom. Party affiliation was not the issue

as independents, we are fiercely non-partisan and will shake off anyone’s accusation that we’re republicans or democrats like a terrier with a rat in its mouth. historically, we’re more yankee in spirit than redneck –which, i think, is how a lot of left-leaning democrats would like to portray us.

so if i was to attend this kind of event, i’d tell you i’m independent and beholding to no party, no candidate, no ideology. why is that such a hard thing for those on the left to comprehend?

This was exemplified by McCain and the nomination/selection of him. His attitude was, they HAVE to vote for me, they have nowhere else to turn. He even said something like that. Then he realized he needed them to win, that they were not automaticly going to turn out, and lurched for Palin, for better or worse. This mirrors the NY23 situation. Select the squish and watch disaster unfold.

Now that Frum Forum types are beginning to understand that these people are truly independent and not hostages for the GOP they may start making better decisions on candidate selection and be a bit less arrogant. We’ll see.