As the American people grow more and more disenchanted with both Republicans and Democrats, could the Independent Party be looking at its first real chance to make a move? Scott Brown recently ran a successful campaign in Massachusetts proclaiming to be an "independent" Republican to shock many Democrats.
The question for all politicians to begin asking themselves is, "Was Brown's success due to anger at Democratic policy, or the draw to a candidate that sort of separated himself from both parties?" As the 2010 elections draw closer, it would not be a surprise for some strategists to begin steering their own candidates in a similar direction.
A growing Independent base has proven to be the difference in most all recent elections, including the most recent in Massachusetts.
It is obvious that the American public has an increasing disdain for both Republicans and Democrats.
They are tired of the playground antics of the party in charge being the bully, and the other party being the whining kid that is being picked on.
What the American people truly want is candidates that will go to Washington and act like adults and actually serve the people that voted them there.
This will no doubt be a focus in the upcoming elections this coming fall.
Politicians are all about riding the wave of current trend to victory.
Scott Brown seized on this by declaring the Senate seat he was running for as the "People's Seat".
He furthered his quest by saying he was not the typical Republican, but more of an independent one.
This distancing from either party could prove to encourage more candidates to do the same.
It would not be a shock to see candidates ripping the "D" and the "R" from their status in the near future, to replace it with an "I".