Today, Proposition 8 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. Supporters of the discriminatory law still have the opportunity to appeal to the Supreme Court, however.

Susan Davis, and far too many of her Democratic colleagues in Congress, have forgotten their oath of office – to defend the Constitution, from enemies both foreign and domestic. The National Defense Authorization Act is in opposition to the authority of the Constitution. Susan Davis had a duty to vote against it. She failed in that duty.

The list of out-of-state special interests sending money to Nick Popaditch goes on and on. A central question for the campaign in 2012 is whether Popaditch will continue to depend so heavily on lobbyists and other donors with a profit motive to invest in his candidacy.

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives Karen Bass has visited the Occupy Los Angeles protest and endorsed the protest’s goals.

Tom McClintock has taken a quarter of a million dollars from the real estate industry, in a time when one third of the houses on the market are in foreclosure. That questionable source of McClintock’s campaign finance, even taken alone, suggests that Ben Emery’s critique may be right on the money.

Neither Susan Adams nor Jared Huffman express any commitment to oppose war on their campaign web sites, to continue the work of Lynn Woolsey. Norman Solomon does commit to work for peace, and with great passion and depth of ideas.

Today is the date of the special election to replace Jane Harman, and large numbers of Democrats will be turning out to vote for Marcy Winograd, who is running to succeed Harman with a more liberal policy platform.

In the 36th congressional district of California, Democratic candidate Marcy Winograd has identified a simple way to break the budget impasse: Cut military spending, rather than the social safety net.

Marcy Winograd, a Democratic candidate for the seat, has made her position on the renewal of the Patriot Act’s most abusive powers clear. She opposes the Patriot Act extension, and has pledged to support a full repeal of the Patriot Act.

Marcy Winograd’s opponents are machine Democrats, already having commissioned opinion polls and begun robocalls to voters in California’s 36th congressional district. Winograd, on the other hand, is campaigning as a genuine liberal Democrat.