California

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s opposition to the U.S. Census is spreading, according to the Bakersfield Californian. A Bakersfield man is boycotting the Census, and the paper thinks Bachmann’s campaign might be the cause. In Ohio, homeless advocates are worried Bachmann’s campaign could impact federal funding if people followed her lead. That could hurt the poor, according [...]

The California Supreme Court released its opinion on Tuesday upholding Proposition 8, a controversial voter initiative that passed in November and ended the right of same-sex couples in California to marry. That right was extended by the same court in early 2008. While the court decided to retain the proposition today, they also ruled [...]

SurveyUSA is conducting a series of polls in 17 states to test the popularity of various Republican and Democratic presidential tickets. It’s a dubious endeavor to the extent that many of the VP hopefuls bruited about have little national name recognition at this point, but the top-line results pitting Barack Obama versus John McCain are [...]

As noted here last week, supporters of toll roads veer both right and left ideologically, from Greens in Sweden to arch-conservatives at Bush’s Department of Transportation (DOT). Minnesota officials of all political stripes favor toll lanes on Hwy. 394 and (soon) I-35W. Now comes news that opposition to tolls can swerve across party lines as [...]