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Texas Senate Race Puts Tea Party Strength To Test
The most talked about race in the 2012 Texas primary elections is the race for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by retiring Kay Bailey Hutchison. The biggest contenders for the seat are Texas Lieutena...
Polls, Polls, Polls: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand
After scoring two victories in yesterday's primaries, winning the majority of votes in both Kentucky and Arkansas, it looks as though former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will secure th...
Santorum's Out, But Delegates Still Focus of GOP Primary
Senator Santorum suspended his campaign today, leaving Governor Romney as the likely Republican Party nominee with Speaker Gingrich and Dr. Ron Paul trailing, but still in the race. This is a fortuito...
Is The Republican Party Falling Apart?
Let's not be fooled that the 2010 midterm election was a preview of the rise of the Republican Party. As we've all witnessed the Republican primary season taking numerous twists and turns, they still ...
Senate Panel Talks Local Food for Upcoming Farm Bill
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says that local food is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture, with direct consumer sales doubling in the past decade to reach close to $5 billion in ...
Super Tuesday Delegate Trouble For Mitt Romney
There has been more than one declared "Do-or-Die" situations for various Republican presidential candidates so far in this year's tumultuous primary election cycle. When it comes to delegate count, Mi...
Americans Elect qualifies for ballot access in California
On Monday, Secretary of State Debra Bowen officially certified Americans Elect to appear on California's ballots for the 2012 elections. The addition brings the number of qualified political par...
Report: California animal agriculture is a job creator
Over the past decade, California dairies, ranches and livestock farms have created 17,000 jobs for the state. A new report that analyzes federal data from 2000 to 2010 shows that the $289 billion a ye...
\Amazon Tax\ might not be as lucrative as California lawmakers hope
A Democratic budget package approved by the state legislature last week has rekindled the nationwide debate over state regulation of internet-based retailers. The so-called “Amazon Tax” has made it to...
Freedom isn't always our business
The confluence of three cultural events this week has raised my awareness of the precious value of freedom. Two were just completed novels, and one was the repetition of an annual holiday. ...