Political Studies (American Politics) graduate from The Master's College. Written for Religion News Service, Human Events, Cybercast News Service, and USA Today. Leans libertarian. Focuses on internet's role in underdog political campaigns.
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While last week's Gallup Poll revealed that a mere 35% of independent voters approved of President Obama's performance, this week's poll demonstrates that newly-crowned Speaker of the House John Boehner isn't exempt from the ire of Independents either. His approval rating has
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Based on a report by Claremont McKenna College's Rose Institute of State and Local Government, it appears that the rise in decline-to-state voters in the typically Republican-dominated Orange County spells trouble for the GOP's stronghold in the region. "Third party registration in Orange County has
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On Wednesday, President Barack Obama stopped by the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto to hold a town hall meeting that was live streamed to an even broader audience. As Facebook continues to play an integral role in American politics, it does prompt us to think about how a third party
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In the wake of last week's Pew Poll report revealing that a mere 42% of independent voters approve of President Obama's job as President, the recent Gallup poll depicts an even more dismal approval rating from the nation's independents, with only 35% of them
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A recent article from The Economist provided a compelling explanation for the California Republican Party's poor performance over the past several years. Namely, it has failed to reach out to independent voters, as well as to minorities. During its convention in March of this year, Republican Party leaders
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As congressional leaders cut an 11th hour bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown last week, recent figures from the Pew Center for the People and Press show that President Obama suffers a lack of support from independents regarding the resuscitation of the U.S. economy. In what may have
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With Congressional District 36 candidate Michael Chamness being denied an injunction to suspend electoral rules in the upcoming special election, he was dealt yet another blow when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied him a writ of mandamus in a case meant to challenge California's new top
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With the top two open primary initiative soon to be implemented in the state's first election, the California Republican Party continues to move forward with an effort to offset its effects. The Sun reports that the California GOP is seeking to influence which candidates enter the top two
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As the country remains highly polarized and chronically dissatisfied with the performance of the two major parties, the internet, and advent of social media in particular, could catalyze the historic campaign of an Independent presidential candidate as early as 2012. Joe Trippi, the internet guru behind Howard Dean's
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This month, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to complaints from "immigrant rights groups" by revising its policy of impounding the vehicles of unlicensed drivers at DUI checkpoints. The California Watch blog has released some pretty compelling statistics demonstrating that most of the cars impounded at those LA
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One freshman assemblyman in California who has emerged in recent months as a leading immigration hawk is forcing the state's legislators to confront a chronic problem. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of California's 59th district, whom I've mentioned before, seems to be a rare voice in
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Vitriolic rhetoric is nothing new to the illegal immigration conversation, but every now and then there's an event that takes place in the public square that reminds moderate sides of the issue to guard their message from proceeding down the path of divisive dialogue. According to a report