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Article: The Tide's In for Independents
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- The Washington Post
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- September 24, 2006
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The independence being demonstrated all over the political
spectrum these days -- by Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman and
Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee, both in tough reelection battles,
and by Republican Sens. John McCain and John Warner -- has its
roots in American history. When they ran for the presidential
nomination, Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy defied the preferences of
their parties' power brokers. And earlier, Teddy Roosevelt and Abe
Lincoln did the same thing.
The American people often have been equally ready to discard
conventional wisdom by rewarding independence and those candidates
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