It’s no secret that there is a desperate need for policy reform. Whether it’s energy, economy, tax, education, or any other political arena, independent voters seek specific and effective political reform. Measures that increase transparency, enhance competition, inspire voter participation, and operate within the boundaries of strict, fiscal discipline are badly needed in a country that has become inefficient, ineffective, and paralyzed by partisan politics. This section discusses various political reform models that aim to encourage robust intellectual debate in the public forum.
Republicans are worried that the new legislative district maps that have been drawn up by the Citizens Redistricting Commission favor the Democratic party. In conjunction with the top-two open primary, however, in some districts they may also favor an Independent candidate.
Gary Johnson, the two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, will be included in Thursday night’s Fox News presidential debate in Orlando, Florida. This is the first time he will share the stage with the entire field of contenders for the Republican nomination after being excluded from every debate since after the first one in South Carolina.
Kinde Durkee, treasurer for well over one hundred Democratic politicians in California, was recently arrested on federal charges for misappropriating funds from state assembly member Jose Solorio. Other Democratic politicians, who were her clients, quickly checked their bank accounts and discovered that major sums appeared to be missing.
As media-christened “frontrunners” Gov. Rick Perry and Mitt Romney went missing from the California Republican Party’s Fall convention, Texas Congressman Ron Paul seized the day by capturing another straw poll. As announced by Tom Del Beccaro, chairman of the California Republican Party (CRP), Congressman Paul won 44.9% of the vote with 374 ballots cast for him.
A new FBI report released Monday is brimming with startling figures about the four-decades-old War on Drugs. Shockingly, in the United States, there is a drug arrest every 19 seconds, making for a total of 1.6 million drug arrests in 2010 alone.
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords hosted a solar summit last Wednesday which discussed solar power policy goals for Arizona. Two fascinating points emerged from the discussions. First, many thought the early projections for.
Demonstrators gathered in downtown Manhattan on Saturday to protest the influence of Wall St. and corporate interests in our nation’s politics. The assembly, which has occupied a park in the financial district for the last two days, has yet to disperse, and protesters say they’re in it for the long haul.
