At the Independent Party we reject the conventional wisdom of the pundits that politics is always a battle for those voters in the “middle.” The very idea that there is a "center" marginalizes independent thinkers as outside the “mainstream,” when they are stating fundamental Constitutional guarantees or applying critical thinking to incessant corporate and special interest spin.

Independent thinkers are distrustful and cynical of the spin. We are tired of attempts to define issues in a partisan way. We can see through the efforts to cloak bad laws as "moderate" and "centrist" compromises between extremes. We are looking for answers outside the terms dictated by focus groups, traditional interest groups, and big money contributors. We are looking for citizens willing to support independently thinking leaders.