Outside the Beltway

What could possibly go wrong?

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

Mitch McConnell is making promises to pro-life groups that the GOP probably won’t keep, but it’s still a politically risky move.

For some reason, President Obama wants to arm so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

Another solid victory for the First Amendment from the Roberts Court.

House Republicans go to war against marijuana in the District of Columbia

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

A Republican Congressman from Colorado who is running for the Senate has a very good idea.

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.

Yet more adventures in bad records retention policy at the IRS.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

Mostly because of politics, the hopes of some and fears of others will never be realized.

The establishment wins one in Virginia, but that’s unlikely to help the GOP in November

A Reuters political blogger has set tongues wagging about the possibility another First Lady might run for the U.S. Senate.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Good intentions aren’t an excuse for failure to follow the law.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.