Editorial Board | L.A. Times | May 26, 2010
California politics are enlarged and enlivened by the presence of minor parties. They rarely succeed in electing a candidate to office, but they broaden political debate and thus test mainstream assumptions. So when those parties, most notably the Greens, claim that some new development threatens their existence, it's worth listening.
What to do, however, when the Greens jump into bed with the Democratic and Republican parties to oppose a ballot measure intended to shake up major party domination of California politics? It's then that the wise voter should proceed with hearty skepticism.