Who should prevail in a popularity contest featuring several choices? Should one measure depth or breadth of support?

Consider the classic "What movie should we see?" conundrum. Five guys want to go see a movie, two of them want to see Black Swan, but the other three say that's the...

A few weeks back, the California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal about a core part of Proposition 14 (aka, the "Top Two" Primary).  As a result, a state appeals court in San Francisco will soon hear legal arguments on two troubling flaws of what we affectionately call...

A funny thing happened when I filed a lawsuit to stop thousands of voters from being disenfranchised.

According to California Gov. Schwarzenegger and Lt. Gov. Maldonado, that made me a "special interest" and a "party boss."

This is exactly why many Americans hate politics. Rather than engage...

What if you opened up your November ballot - and discovered that your only two choices for Attorney General were both Republicans? Or that your two only choices for Lieutenant Governor were both Democrats?

If Proposition 14 were already in effect, there's a real possibility that such...

Note: This piece was coauthored by Gautam Dutta and former Congressmember (and 2010 GOP California gubernatorial candidate) Tom Campbell.

This Christmas season, the Grinch is about to steal nearly $2 million of our tax dollars - for an election we simply don't need.

Last month, Governor Schwarzenegger tapped...

Does California Attorney General candidate Kamala Harris care about reaching out to Asian Americans? Let's start with her campaign website:

In December 2003, Kamala Harris was elected as the first woman District Attorney in San Francisco's history, and as the first African American woman in California to hold the...

Remember David Vitter, the Louisiana pol who cavorted with prostitutes while proclaiming his strong family values? Well, it appears the Janus-faced Senator has returned to what he does best: bashing immigrants.

Vitter just introduced a bill that would ban millions of immigrants from being counted in the census....

Now that Tom Daschle has withdrawn his name, whom should President Obama pick for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services? My vote is for Governor Howard Dean, MD.

The HHS Secretary faces a daunting goal: to get healthcare reform passed by year's end. Like Bill and Hillary Clinton,...

Over 15 million Asian Americans live in the US, and almost two-thirds of them voted for Obama. Yet only one Asian American leader is being seriously considered for his entire cabinet: Illinois Veteran Affairs Director Tammy Duckworth.

There are more than a few Asian Americans,...

In a shocking blow, Californians have voted to ban same-sex marriage: Proposition 8 has narrowly passed. How could voters nullify a courageous decision of the California Supreme Court, and leave thousands of married couples in legal limbo? Ironically, the answer may lie with Obama's victory.

As the Golden...

Last week, the McCain campaign ridiculed Barack Obama for calling himself a "citizen of the world," during the latter's (extremely) well attended speech in Berlin.

Whatever your opinion of either candidate, McCain's broadside exposed two ironies. For starters, JFK used that very phrase nearly half a century...