In a late-breaking NBC/WSJ poll, nearly 1/3 of Americans believe the nation is in serious need of a viable third party.  In the initial results, more than 80% state that the dominant, two-party system is broken, while only 15% claim that the current system works fairly well. 

Less than a month before the June election, a strange-political-bedfellows coalition of public employee unions and the state GOP party announced May 11 their opposition to Proposition 14, which would eliminate partisan primaries and allow the top two vote-getters – regardless of party – to advance to a November run-off.

A Sacramento judge ruled last week that the State of California can raid $2 billion of local redevelopment money and use it to pay for schools.

As long-time watchers of the California Senate Primary are already well-aware, Tom Campbell appears poised to capture the nomination to face Barbara Boxer, in what looks to be one of the most competitive races of the Senator’s career.

While the Afghanistan and Iraq wars have cost the United States over $1 trillion, 5,000 deaths, and 30,000 maimings, there is yet another painful cost that is rarely discussed by the American public.