What makes you an authority on what independents are? I re-registered as an Independent four months ago when I concluded that the Republican party no longer stands for the same principles as I do. I had been a card-carrying Republican for over 35 years. Why did I leave the Republican party?
Larry Craig
John McCain
Lindsey Graham
Olympia Snowe
Chuck Hagel
Susan Collins
Arlen Specter
...et al
As an Independent, any candidate can now "earn" my vote. I just got tired of convincing myself election after election that it would get better. In addition to weak representation (see list above), government spending is out of control and the Republicans have done nothing to rein it in. The Republican party has no leadership, and I don't see any on the horizon. Hopefully, I'll be proven wrong at some point, but for now I am enjoying the independence. Oh, and I don't miss the calls from the RNC at all.
I don't miss the calls from the RNO at all.
I don't miss the calls from the RiNO at all.
I don't miss the calls from the RINO at all.