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Marco Rubio for VP Will Not Improve Romney's November Prospects
If Mitt Romney can hold back the energized Ron Paul faction's tenacious bid for a brokered convention in Tampa, he'll be free to focus his remaining energy on uniting Republican voters behind his cand...
DREAM A Little Dream
According to the Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization, there were approximately 11.2-million illegal immigrants living in the United States in 2010. Of that 11.2-million, abo...
Elections 2012: Interesting Independent Senate Candidates
The current approval rate for Congress hovers at an all-time low and the political makeup of the Senate chamber is a critically important aspect to this year's election cycle. Dissatisfaction over the...
Steele on Electoral Reform- Part 12: The Stakeholders
As a result of the viral video on electoral reform out of my briefing to the Occupy NYC working group on electoral reform, a number of stakeholders got in touch with me. Others I have identified...
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...
California Water Wars Spotlight: Colorado River
California, Arizona and five other states get substantial amounts of water from the Colorado River, which is rightfully known as the most litigated river on the planet. The water is allocated by the 1...
Obama Leads With Independent Voters, Especially Women
A new USA Today/Gallup poll shows President Obama has a solid lead among independent voters in key swing states over presumptive Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney. He now polli...
Looking Outside the Two-Party Box
If, as the saying goes, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results, it would stand to reason that it is long past time to seek out alternati...
Moody's Says Climate Change Rules Are Emerging Risk for California Refiners
Only time will tell how much AB 32 will actually cost California.Since our landmark global warming bill passed in 2006 there has been no shortage of guessing about the costs and benefits of mandating ...
Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now
Note from the author: This article was originally published in March of 2012. With attempts to legalize marijuana on ballot measures in three different states this November-- Colorado, Oregon, and Was...