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Palin and Paul are rapidly emerging as the Tea Party favorites, despite critical differences on certain foreign policy, fiscal, and social issues. According to the latest Politico/TargetPoint exit poll, which questioned over 400 protestors at the Washington DC Tea Party rally on April 15, Sarah Palin and Ron Paul appeared to be the most popular figures in the movement.  Two questions, in particular, presented intriguing answers: 1.  What politician today best exemplifies the goals of the Tea P

President Obama, whose first year was the most polarizing on record, continues to treat the Tea Party with a palpable sense of derision.  In his most recent swipe, he stated, "I've been a little amused over the last of couple days where people have been having these rallies over taxes.  You would think they would be saying thank you", clearly alluding to his plethora of recent tax cuts. Now, factually speaking, President Obama is spot on regarding tax cuts for most Americans.  As a result of hi

Assembly member Bill Emmerson is looking to move from the 63rd to the 37th district. Riverside, which is shaping up to be a political laboratory this year, has a number of qualified candidates for an open California State Senate seat. We recently profiled former Assembly representative Russ Bogh, who is campaigning to become the area’s next Senate member. Now, meet Bogh’s fellow Republican competitor, Bill Emmerson. Bill Emmerson, D.D.S., a Republican California State Assembly member voted i

While the Tea Party has planned nationwide rallies on April 15, the Coffee Party will be quietly discussing partisan warfare in Washington DC.  At Busboys and Poets, a panel of political thinkers will be exploring the topic "Ending the Partisan Warfare in America" and how to overcome this increasingly poisonous rift in order to effect genuine political change. The featured panel speakers will be Nicole Kurokawa, current CNN commentator and former Cato Institute (libertarian think tank) & Freedo

The tea party movement expects to make another big splash on April 15.  With turnout anticipated to be in the millions, tea party supporters will take to the streets in an effort to revive the long-forgotten concept of fiscal conservatism. While left-leaning adherents and news outlets will likely mock and ridicule the events, the tax day festivities will be heavily promoted by Fox News and other right-leaning media.  And though the movement's personalities (like Sarah Palin) and partisan diatri

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether illegal payments were made to employees at California public pension fund giant CalPERS and others to influence where they invested money. This is part of several nationwide probes into many public pension funds. But as CalPERS is the biggest fund, they will get the most media focus. As is their wont when questioned about how they lost money on investments and now with a corruption investigation, CaLPERS says the amount of money involved,

According to this week’s California Field Poll, no one issue is going to influence Californians in who they choose to be their next governor.  In reality, they are considering a myriad of factors before they hit the ballot box in November. By percentages, strong majorities rated Jobs/ the Economy (69%), the state budget deficit (68%), education (60%) and healthcare (51%) at the top of their list of concerns.   The only bipartisan consensus shared among registered Republicans and Democrats lay

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quest to convince the federal government to put-up-or-shut-up by paying California an additional $6.9 billion he says the state needs to carry out Washington D.C. imposed mandates is just one high-profile example of states increasingly asserting their rights. The battle over when states rights trump federal government edicts is as old as the constitution, waxing and waning in favor of each camp for nearly 225 years.  But recently, an increasing number of states are

This Saturday, anti-war protestors will take to the streets in large numbers to protest US foreign policy.  Multiple political groups, ranging from the left to the right, have planned huge rallies and events to protest US-led wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and Yemen.  They also plan to discuss and protest other controversial policies including CIA Drone attacks, Guantanamo Bay, the Patriot Act, private war contractors, record military spending, and the Israeli/Palestinian issue. These r

Recently  America has witnessed two notable acts of— what some are calling—  domestic terrorism.  Most recent was the Pentagon  shooter.  John Patrick Bedell drove from California to Washington DC  in order to open fire on the Pentagon with two 9mm handguns and a trunk  full of ammunition.  He injured two officers before being shot down  himself, on March 4th.  Exactly two weeks earlier (Feb 18th), Andrew Joseph Stack III flew  his plane into an Austin (TX) IRS building.  Both had left  behind m