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The Tea Party movement and the prospects for Independent and Third Party candidates
Though it is almost universally accepted that the politics of the presidency make it virtually impervious to the efforts of independent and third party candidates, there is rarely ever any lack of spe...
California lawmakers initiate process of healthcare reform as major budget cuts loom
In a joint hearing of California’s state Senate and Assembly health committees on Wednesday, health experts testified on the challenges ahead as California begins the process of implementing the feder...
California files legal brief opposing Monsanto in US Supreme Court
California is weighing in on a landmark Supreme Court case with far-reaching implications for agriculture the world over. The Attorney Generals of California, Oregon and Massachusetts have filed amicu...
Mitt Romney buys home in California as he stumps for Whitman and eyes potential 2012 presidential bid
30 years after his first landslide win, President Ronald Reagan remains an electrifying source of inspiration for many leading Republicans. Governor Mitt Romney often cited Reagan as a political hero,...
Further tax increases unlikely despite California's $19 billion budget deficit
With less than three weeks until Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his revised budget plan for the fiscal year starting July 1, he and the Democratic majority Legislature have done little to reduce t...
Californians rabid about sterilizing cats and dogs
The most heated debate in Sacramento during the past two years hasn’t been budget cuts depriving poor children of health care or awarding billion-dollar tax breaks to corporations. It hasn’t eve...
Healthcare, campaign finance reform, and political corruption
On Sunday night, a historic health care reform bill was passed by a rather cloak-and-dagger procedure in the House. Before the actual computerized vote was taken, a lot was said about the state of hea...
Alternative Minimum Tax unfairly punishes California taxpayers
It is generally agreed upon, even by the staunchest proponents of progressive taxation, that expecting people to pay more than they can is an injustice which ought to be remedied in whatever manner po...
Targeted education reform can preserve renowned UC school system
The series of firestorms currently underway at California’s public colleges and universities appears not to have burnt itself out yet. Just today, a group of students from the state's elite University...
Mitt Romney just can't get over George W. Bush
Apparently, Mitt Romney and many conservatives haven't learned their lesson. During CPAC, the former Massachusetts governor devoted a segment of his well-delivered speech to extolling President ...