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Majority of California voters feel open primary is an important reform option

Datamar Surveys polled 794 voters and found that 57% ranked the Top Two Open Primary initiative as an important reform option. Specifically, the poll offered four, major reform options with

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 24, 2010

Majority of California voters feel open primary is an important reform option

Mitt Romney just can't get over George W. Bush

Apparently, Mitt Romney and many conservatives haven't learned their lesson. During CPAC, the former Massachusetts governor devoted a segment of his well-delivered speech to extolling President George W.

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 24, 2010

Mitt Romney just can't get over George W. Bush

Guantanamo Bay: is it making America safer?

Obama pledged to shut down Guantanamo Bay by the end of his first year as President. One year later, Guantanamo Bay is still open and may remain so for an

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 22, 2010

Guantanamo Bay: is it making America safer?

Is partisan gridlock leading to a national debt crisis?

The New York Times recently cited rancorous partisanship as one of the chief causes of America's skyrocketing national debt. Running $1.4 trillion budget deficits and having increased

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 18, 2010

Is partisan gridlock leading to a national debt crisis?

Independents score initial victory for more open primaries in Kentucky

Fed up with the two-party system, independents scored a huge victory for more open primaries in the Kentucky state senate. Despite strong opposition from Democrats, the Kentucky Senate voted to

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 17, 2010

Independents score initial victory for more open primaries in Kentucky

Is Sarah Palin the fiscal conservative the Tea Party is looking for?

Sarah Palin has emerged as the unofficial leader of a national movement that is championing limited government, lower taxes, and less debt. While Palin espouses a fiscally conservative platform, it

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 17, 2010

Is Sarah Palin the fiscal conservative the Tea Party is looking for?

Avatar: a blueprint for an independent, third party candidate in 2012?

Avatar's pro-environment, anti-war ideology has been thoroughly scrutinized by political pundits on both sides of the aisle. One aspect of their critical analysis that has been missing, however,

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 12, 2010

Rising number of independents could be good news for open primary

For the first time, slightly over 20% of the state's registered voters are officially classified as 'Decline to State'. Some political analysts also posit that this

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 9, 2010

Rising number of independents could be good news for open primary

Where has the anti-war movement gone?

During the Bush administration, millions of anti-war protestors voiced their passionate dissent over the massive cost, in blood and treasure, of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Largely composed of disaffected

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 8, 2010

Sarah Palin and Rand Paul are having a Tea Party

Long before the Tea Party movement sprang up in the early days of President Obama, the liberty movement was catching fire. Dedicated to a pro-constitution, fiscally conservative, and anti-war GOP

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 4, 2010

Sarah Palin and Rand Paul are having a Tea Party

Challenging Glenn Beck's conservative icons

Last week, on his Fox News television show, Glenn Beck hailed former Presidents George Washington and Ronald Reagan as the paragons of conservative ideology and limited, constitutional government. But, upon

By Ryan Jaroncyk

February 1, 2010

Challenging Glenn Beck's conservative icons

Politics and science shouldn't mix

Since receiving $3 billion in voter authorized bonds in 2004, the state's publicly-funded stem cell research institute has been beset by one controversy after another. Wranglings with the

By Ryan Jaroncyk

January 29, 2010