Ground Swell of Grass Roots Independents?

In a column in today's New York Sun, author John Avlon examines the independent political movement. Here is an excerpt:

Ideologues on both sides are deluding themselves by embracing the currently fashionable conceit that all Democrats or Republicans need to do to win an election is appeal to their base. The fact that this is self-evidently wrong as a matter of simple math or a study of American history has not stopped them from adopting this position...

Links:
John Avlon Ground Swell of Grass Roots Independents New York Sun (April 15, 2004)

Centrist Policy Network "Independent Nation" by John P. Avlon (March 5, 2004)

Posted by Jeff Lemieux at April 15, 2004 10:50 AM