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A  new survey conducted by Public Policy Polling has found that 37% of  Americans and 51% of Independents are open to supporting a third party  candidate for President in 2012.  And there is good reason to believe these  numbers significantly underestimate the level of support for an alternative to the  Democrats and Republicans. According  to the poll, which was released last week and conducted between January  14th and January 16th, 37% of Americans are open to the idea of  supporting a third

Last Thursday, state Assemblyman Jared Huffman introduced AB 88, which would require all genetically engineered salmon sold in California to contain clear and prominent labeling. California is the first state to introduce legislation that would require the labeling of GE salmon, an act which might be mimicked by other states as the federal government slowly but surely works its “frankenfish” through the regulatory process in the face of substantial public opposition. “The United States Food and

Looking back on 2010, we'll all remember what a strange year it was. But while replete with iPads, vuvuzelas, Lady Gaga outfits, earthquakes, treacherous winter storms, Old Spice commercials, Taylor Swift, and YouTube videos of that 2-year-old Indonesian baby chain smoking, the single most significant event of 2010 might very well be the mobilization of the Tea Party protests into an electoral machine. The modern (post-Obama) "Tea Party" started as a series of nationwide protests in 2009, focus

Though  the mainstream political press has naturally focused on the stinging  Democratic losses and sweeping Republican gains in last week's  elections, 2010 has proven to be an historic year for third party and  Independent politics in the United States. One  of the primary motifs in media coverage of this year's elections has  been the public’s deep discontent with both the Democratic and  Republican parties.  In poll after poll, record numbers of  Americans opted to identify themselves as In

In case you missed it, in: California:  Even before potentially taking office, Whitman has unselfishly injected over $150 million of her own money into California’s fledgling campaign industry.  It is anticipated that this money will trickle down until it eventually reaches gardeners and housekeepers. Delaware:  In her latest gaffe, O’Donnell says she could not name a current Senator on the other side of the aisle that she could work with if she were elected to office.  But, according to candi

Writing about politics can be depressing.  Almost every utterance by candidates comes from a negative perspective.  The Boxer-Fiorina campaign that I cover is a near perfect example.  There is little being said about either candidates’ achievements (no surprise, since Boxer is hardly legislator-of-the-year in anyone’s book and Fiorina was distinctly unsuccessful as Hewlett-Packard’s first female CEO).  So the topic of all the campaigning, debating and news releasing is about what a poor choice t

Barbara Boxer has a powerful weapon in her Senate battle against Carly Fiorina – and she has already begun to use it.  That weapon is the abortion issue. According to the latest Field Poll, some 70 percent of Californians support a woman’s right to choose.  Fiorina had to take a more conservative “pro-life” position in order to win the Republican primary.  Boxer will hold that record over Fiorina’s head for the length of this campaign. In fact, “choice” is the subject of two headlined articles

Arctic sea ice is at its lowest level in thousands of years, and the once ice-bound Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska is increasingly being used by shippers as a new route. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is currently charting these new waters and providing information on navigational hazards. The polar bear is now listed as an endangered species by the Department of the Interior, and the world’s first ice navigation training course is being offered in Norway sp

Despite the monetary promise of increased state and local revenues, and lowered costs for an already strained justice system, the Tax Cannabis Act still has some Californians worried. Fox News' San Francisco-based correspondent, Claudia Cowan writes that "Critics, including most law enforcement groups, say legalizing pot will only hurt California." As a guest on Freedom Watch, Judge Andrew Napolitano's new libertarian-minded Fox Business program, Sarah Palin recently said that police should fo

This week, Senate and Assembly Democrats released their respective budgets for 2010-2011, each relying on a mix of taxes and borrowing to deal with state’s budget crisis while preserving critical education and social services that the Governor proposed cutting earlier this month. On the Senate side, the Democrats’ plan proposes nearly $5 billion in taxes and other revenue.  Specifically, the Senate plan calls for:    •    Delaying the planned corporate tax cuts, saving $2 billion in future