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In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama confronted the partisan divide between the Democratic and Republican parties, calling on Congress to put ideology aside and work toward building a consensus on the most pressing issues facing the nation. “We need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction; that politics is about clinging to rigid ideologies instead of building consensus around common-sense ideas,” said the Presi

The Department of Energy (DOE) says California has the potential to generate enough power for 14 million homes if its wave and tidal power were fully developed. Even if it was only half of that, it would be a substantial new source of clean renewable energy, all produced a few miles off the California coast. The DOE studied ocean power nationwide and concluded that up to 15% of all US power could be generated from waves and tides if the west and east coasts, plus Hawaii and Alaska, were fully u

Beginning with the Iowa caucuses on January 3, 2012, more than half of the states in the nation will hold their presidential primary and caucus elections over the course of the next three months. In the coming years, however, we may well see a significant change in the way the nation chooses its president if the movement for the national popular vote compact continues to gain momentum. And it appears that supporters of the compact public opinion on their side. As many Americans discovered for t

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 parties in the state to seven, including the American Independent, Democrat, Green, Libertarian, Peace and Freedom and Republican parties.  It is the first time a new political entity has been certified by the state since 1995. There are two ways in which a political body can achieve ballot access in the G

Demonstrations  inspired by the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest in lower Manhattan  were reportedly held in well over a hundred cities and towns across the country over the  weekend. Beginning last Thursday, thousands converged at Freedom Plaza  in Washington DC to amplify the movement’s message in the nation’s  capital. The  events at Freedom Plaza in Washington DC were organized by Stop the  Machine October 2011, a coalition of groups opposed to the nation’s  ongoing wars and the corruptio

Protesters  demonstrating against the excesses of crony capitalism and its  corrupting influence on our nation’s politics have occupied a park in  Manhattan’s financial district for over a week.  Their numbers are  growing and the movement appears to be spreading. On  September 17th, thousands of demonstrators descended on downtown  Manhattan in New York City to protest the all-too-cozy relationship  between Wall Street and Washington D.C.  Protesters have occupied  Liberty Plaza, a nearby park

As the California GOP's fall convention is set to take place this weekend in Los Angeles, a Field Poll study finds big differences in the state's Republican voter preferences for President based on how much these voters identify with the Tea Party. California Republican voters who identify a lot with the movement prefer Texas Governor Rick Perry over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by 33% to 23%. Romney, on the other hand, leads Perry by ten points among Republicans who identify only

Late last week, Public Policy Polling released the results of a survey gauging support for seven potential Independent candidates for President in 2012.  Four out of the seven polled in the double digits, despite the fact that none has definitively stated an intention to seek the nation's highest office as an Independent. The automated survey of 700 registered voters was conducted between August 18th and August 21st.  The poll asked respondents how they would vote in seven different hypothetica

A recent Rasmussen survey of likely U.S. voters found that Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul runs practically dead even with President Barack Obama in a hypothetical head-to-head 2012 White House race. Additionally, the poll data suggests that the Tea Party 'Godfather' may stand in the way of another Tea Party superstar and potential presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. Rasmussen Reports asked the following in a telephone survey conducted of 1,000 Likely Voters from August 15-16, 2011: "What if t

In  addition to the Democrats and Republicans, there are four other ballot-qualified political parties in California, and over a dozen smaller  political bodies which are formally attempting to gain ballot access  ahead of the 2012 presidential election.  At least one of the latter is already well on its way. According  to the most recent report on voter registration from the Secretary of  State’s office, there are currently over 17 million registered voters in  California. With 23.6 million el