Salit: Obama Is Losing Independents

Jackie Salit, head of the Independence Party in New York City, said Obama has lost touch with the independent voter and has been too focused on tending to the Democratic base. Salit, in an email to supporters this morning, said that Obama could lose the White House if he keeps this up.

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Independence Party: Bloomberg Is Our Obama

Here’s a video of Lenora Fulani and Jackie Salit of the Independence Party explaining how Michael Bloomberg is like Barack Obama. Their argument is that both men are independent and beyond partisan politics.

They were speaking at the group’s annual fund-raiser in Tribeca yesterday. Bloomberg seemed pleased.

“My mother will be pleased with that,” Bloomberg Read More

Bloomberg’s Independence Friends

Guess who’s delighted that Mike Bloomberg is an independent?

"It's great news and we welcome him to the Independence movement," said Jackie Salit, who ran Bloomberg's 2001 and 2005 mayoral campaigns on the Independence Party lines.

In a brief interview last night, Salit told me, "We feel a lot of affinity for his non-partisan Read More