JACKIE SALIT ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL: Jackie Salit, who managed Mike Bloomberg's campaigns in '01 and '05 on the Independence Party line, appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal on June 23, 2007, to discuss Bloomberg's prior candidacies and his announcement that he had officially become an independent. (Requires RealPlayer)




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MIKE BLOOMBERG SPEAKS TO INDEPENDENTS : Mike Bloomberg, who recently declared himself an independent, spoke to a large gathering of independents at the Anti-Corruption Awards sponsored annually by the Independence Party of New York City. The 2005 race for mayor was just getting underway and Bloomberg's Democratic Party opponents had repeatedly called for him to disassociate himself from the event and from the city's independent political forces. Bloomberg ignored their advice and went on to receive 75,000 votes on the Independence Party line and 47% of the black vote.

Political Chowder

On July 22, 2007, the Committee For An Independent Voice of NH appeared on "Political Chowder", a popular TV show.

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Hans Blix for President

Sunday, June 4, 2006

Every Sunday CUIP’s political coordinator Jacqueline Salit and strategist/philosopher Fred Newman watch the political talk shows and discuss them. Their dialogue becomes "Talk Talk." Below is an excerpt from Sunday, June 4, 2006 after viewing "The Chris Matthews Show,” "Meet the Press” and "The McLaughlin Group.” To read it in its entirety, go to: www.cuip.org

Salit: Hans Blix was on “Meet the Press.”
Newman: Can we run him for president?
Salit: He does seem like a very sensible fellow.
Newman: He says quite forthrightly, ‘If we’d had 2½ more months in Iraq, we could have told you whether there were or weren’t weapons of mass destruction.’
Salit: Yes.
Newman: ‘So, what was the rush?’ Answer: the neocons. I think it just becomes more and more plain that the war was a political decision.