Submitted by theNYer, Jan 5, 2008 09:58

Obama seems to be in the news constantly, and that's fine, he seems to be making history. His defeat of Hillary is definitely being noticed the world over. But I've been really looking into the Independence Party as well. MacKay and Connolly, geez, these two biult the NY State Independence Party into a POWERHOUSE with over 300,000 members (as their website states, I do my research). Now they are going national for Bloomberg? These guys know the game. I checked the NYC election results and I was shocked to learn that they made the margin of victory for 'ol Mikey Bloomberg when he first ran. No Independence Party, no Mike. I will continue to follow this party closely, as no doubt as is Obama and Hillary. If Bloomberg runs with this party behind him, these big Iowa headlines just may mean very little.

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