Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, the “Super Committee” to deal with the deficit isn’t making much progress.

Harry Reid’s “nuclear option” has changed the rules of the game, for now.

Harry Reid is playing hardball, invoking a tactic that he himself decried being threatened when Republicans were in charge.

Beginning with “BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building,” a series of tweets with the #CongressHostage hashtag have been decidedly unfunny.

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.

House Energy and Commerce Committee “is investigating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, requesting lots of docs.”

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

FEMA is about to run out of money, but don’t worry your Congressman is getting his vacation time in.

The second half of the President’s political strategy is in place. Don’t mistake it for a serious legislative effort.

We won’t solve our fiscal problems by soaking “the rich.”

Public disapproval of Congress continues to fall.

Ezra Klein argues that there aren’t many jobs for which Hill experience is an asset.

The “how to pay for it” part of the President’s jobs plan seems destined to be rejected by the GOP. Which may be exactly what the President wants.

With the economy at the forefront of the public’s mind, the GOP needs to be careful in its response to President Obama’s new jobs bill.

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

Did Speaker Boehner insult President Obama by snubbing his speech request? If so, so what?

The White House is still smarting over the fact that they got burned by John Boehner, again.

Ben Bernanke didn’t offer many clues in his speech today, but one wonders if he really has any tricks left up his sleeve.

With a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, the House Majority Leader is engaged in an accounting exercise.

In the book he released last year , Rick Perry advocated far reaching changes to the Constitution.

Denying the Tea Party’s role in the downgrade of U.S. debt is to deny reality.

Should President Obama call Congress back into session? Not if there’s nothing to do he shouldn’t.

Michele Bachmann is claiming that the debt downgrade proves she was right about not raising the debt ceiling.