While discussing the debt ceiling controversy on his MSNBC television program recently, Chris Matthews said to his guest, Pat Buchanan:

Recently, a new Arizona law permitted the state to raise money from private and public sources to build a border fence.

Americans Elect is preparing to submit its California ballot access petition for the 2012 presidential election.  The numbers indicate that if they can do it here, they can do it everywhere, and will likely obtain ballot acces in all 50 states. 

According to a poll commissioned by Generation Opportunity- a new non-profit, non-partisan organization that's interested in reaching 18-29 year old Americans on the nation's economic issues- young Hispanics want to see an across-the-board reduction in the federal government's interference in the economy.

The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has announced its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts for the 2012 fiscal year. Over 114,000 acres of marginal California farmland have been enrolled in the federal conservation program designed to increase wildlife habitat.