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.