The political landscape in California has drastically shifted in recent years, with independent voters now the fastest growing group in the state. While there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure their inclusion in the political process, the passage of the nonpartisan top-two primary in 2010 has already paved the way to fairer elections in the state, as discussed in Public Policy Institute of California Improving California's Elections

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In this Minute MBA video from OnlineMBA.com the narrator lays out three reasons why governments are different from businesses. Many have argued that inefficiency in government can be solved if they were run more like a Fortune 500 company like Apple or Microsoft. However, this approach leaves out some very important realities about governing and civil society.

Reason 1: The profit motive doesn't make sense.

Last week, Rasmussen published the results of a nationwide telephone survey that said six percent of Americans approve -- to some degree -- of Congress' job performance. As bad as these polling results are, Rasmussen is not alone in its findings.