While his son, Senator Rand Paul, has taken most of the national spotlight away from his father, Ron Paul has not stopped advancing his "Campaign for Liberty." Ron Paul and his supporters have built up a massive database of "liberty loving" supporters since the organization launched in 2008, following his second unsuccessful campaign for the Presidency.

The Pew Research Center released a new public opinion poll and it shows a disparity between how the American people perceive the actions of the Presidency and the Congress. The poll also shows public perception of the two branches as being uncooperative.

Last Monday, new legislation was introduced in Congress that would reform current patent laws by lessening the number of patent lawsuits, especially in the technology field, where many of these suits originate.

California Governor Jerry Brown announced Monday that the state has undergone an "incredible transformation" since the courts took control of the state's prison health care system. A federal court ordered state officials to reduce inmate populations to 137.5 percent of design capacity by the end of the year.

With only five months left until a major element of the Affordable Care Act opens for business, four in ten Americans are unaware that healthcare reform is still law, according to a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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I don’t know which political controversies will end up being the most important ones during 2013, but I am fairly certain that the funniest catch phrase of the year will be “duck penis.” The reason for this is obvious: the word “penis” makes people giggle, and pretty much everything is funnier on a duck.

CALIFORNIA - Opponents of California's top-two primary continue to argue that the new primary system "reduces voter choice" and has little to no effect on who is elected in California. They point to "Democrats still being elected in Democratic districts," and Republicans still being elected in Republican districts, as evidence that "nothing has changed."