Outside the Beltway

Advantage: Hillary.

A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.

The Republican National Committee is trying to bring some sanity to the Presidential debate process, but there’s no guarantee it can succeed.

In the wake of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on C.I.A. torture, some have suggested that eight years of Jack Bauer helped make torture more acceptable to the American public.

With major theater chains having pulled out, Sony bowed to the inevitable, but now there appears to be proof that a foreign power is behind the Sony hacking attacks and threats of violence.

All the warnings of violence in the wake of an expected imminent announcement from the Grand Jury in the Michael brown case could become self-fulfilling prophecy.

We may have our first legal challenge to an Ebola quarantine order by tomorrow

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.

In many states, there aren’t really any races at all this year even if both parties have candidates on the ballot.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

Ticket collectors at Southwest Airlines are our first line of defense.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

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.

The evidence is clear. When it comes to the ability to handle foreign crises, the President has lost the public’s confidence.

The Kentucky Senator and former Vice-President are at the front of a battle that will unfold inside the GOP as we head toward 2016.

Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.

Apparently, things were tougher in Chappaqua, New York and on D.C.’s Embassy Row than we ever imagined.

The people are ready. Is the Supreme Court?

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

A turning point in public opinion?

Hillary Clinton remains at the top of the polls, but she’s got at least one big vulnerability.

James Oliphant asks, “Why Hasn’t the GOP Treated Fort Hood Like Benghazi?”

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s choices in home decor raise an interesting question.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

Just when it became safe to keep your shoes and tablets on, a new threat to the friendly skies has emerged: toothpaste.

The “good war” no more.

Ted Cruz continues to act as if he hasn’t learned his lessons from the shutdown debacle

Ron Fournier sees major similarities but ignores key differences.

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

Recently, a waitress and former Marine drew an outpouring of sympathy after claiming a religious couple left a message insulting her lifestyle instead of a tip.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Ted Cruz isn’t ruling out a reprise of his foolish, quixotic, crusade.