With a spate of shootings in recent months, there are calls for tighter gun control and President Obama has political capital to spend.

A scandal broke out shortly after Senator Barack Obama was elected President in 2008.  It involved the then-governor of his home state and the Senate seat that the President-Elect was vacating.  Then-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was caught trying to sell Obama's vacated Senate seat.  He even tried to enlist the assistance of the incoming administration, which evidence pointed out that it quickly declined to do.  Blagojevich wanted something for that seat.

Imagine a congressional district as a community. It has about 700,000 people, including a fair number of infants, and a few folks who've lived for more than a century.

California Governor Jerry Brown announced Tuesday that he has appointed Karen Stapf Walters as the new Executive Director of the California Board of Education.

In light of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Congress has requested an additional 1,000 Marine security guards be added to the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group in order to beef up security at America's overseas diplomatic interests, but fulfilling this request could be easier said than done, and it may not be enough to thwart another attack.

The Marine Corps Embassy Security Group

On Monday afternoon, former Senate Republican Leader, Jim Brulte, announced he will be a candidate for chairman of the California Republican Party (CRP).