Outside the Beltway

Senator DeMint provides the basic answers to my Tea Party/GOP questions from earlier today.

GOP to take the House.

A question about the next Congress.

While Matt Yglesias is right that talk about “Realignment” after a single election is ridiculous, there have indeed been realigning elections in U.S. history.

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson takes a look at the Tea Party movement and claims to find racism.

She didn’t gain national prominence until late August, and she’s going to most likely lost by a wide margin tonight, but Christine O’Donnell received more coverage from the media than any other candidate running in 2010.

A Chicago voter is less than thrilled with the political slate for which he’s voting today.

Who are the Tea Party candidates and who will be the Tea Party office holders?

The British press takes a look at America’s Midterm Elections.

Ok, so we’ve been talking about the Tea Party for months. What will that label means once we actually have elections and move on to the governing bit?

New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg thinks a President independent of either political party would be a good idea. Is he right?

If the polling is anywhere close to accurate, a Republican wave will come crashing down today, repudiating the first two years of the Obama administration. What does it mean?

The younger voters that flocked to Barack Obama two years ago feel let down. They need to grow up.

If you’re looking for a reason why the GOP is likely to do very well tomorrow, voter response to the “right track/wrong track” question is a very good guide.

Joe Biden’s statement last year that the Republicans taking back the House would be “the end of the road for what Barack and I are trying to do” proved to be an inducement, not a deterrent.

Pundits and partisans constantly overreact to the momentary mood expressed in a single election. The Republicans have already rebounded from 2008. The Democrats will recover from 2010.

The GOP is headed for big gains on Tuesday. The only question now is how big they’re going to be.

National Republicans are reportedly abandoning Joe Miller’s Senate campaign at the last minute out of fear that only Lisa Murkowski can stop Alaska’s Senate seat from falling into Democratic hands. That could have a serious impact down the road for relations between inside-the-beltway Republicans and the Tea Party.

With polls opening in less than 48 hours now, the final pre-election polling is showing that 2010 is going to be a pretty bad year for Democrats.

Newt Gingrich for President ? You might want to think twice about that, Republicans.

What would the Nevada Senate race look like if “none of the above” could actually win?

The guys at Gawker took the web yesterday in an effort to justify their sleazy article about Christine O’Donnell. They failed.

We’ve been talking about the 2010 elections since, oh, the day after the 2008 elections.   Now, it’s time for final predictions.

The Delaware Senate race took a trip into the gutter yesterday.