Outside the Beltway

The pardoning of Joe Arpaio was distasteful and an affront to the Rule of Law, but it was completely within the powers of the President and should not be a ground for impeachment.

Minnesota Senator Al Franken says he’s not running for President. Is this a real denial, or a non-denial denial, though?

Day One of the questioning of Judge Neil Gorsuch went very well, and it suggests that his path to confirmation is basically clear of serious obstacles.

Judge Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin Monday morning, but it’s Senate Democrats who are in the hot seat.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled Senators when asked about his contact with Russian officials.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is beginning to look beyond Bernie Sanders and talk about running mates.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

A number of factors unique to 2014 make it likely that control of the Senate could be up in the air for months after Election Day.

Victoria Jackson has thus far been less successful in politics than her fellow SNL alum Al Franken.

It seems unlikely that Eric Shinseki will have a job for much longer.

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

Joe Lieberman has had a change of heart on term limits: He’s now for them.

Actress Ashley Judd is reportedly considering a run for the United States Senate.

Electing Romney hardly means repeal of the PPACA, even if he will make it sound that way.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

On reflection, Al Franken was right.

Senator Al Franken called Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery a liar in yesterday’s hearing on DOMA. Franken was the one being dishonest.

Tim Pawlenty said in a speech on Friday that America needs to “turn toward God.”

A comedian-turned-Senator makes some strong points about how America goes to war.

Nearly four weeks after Election Day, Alaska’s Joe Miller still won’t concede the inevitable.

Thanks to races in as many six states that may be decided by absentee and write-in ballots, we may not know the outcome of the 2010 Elections for several weeks after Election Day.

Desperate Democrats demonize donors, facts be damned.

Up in Alaska, Lisa Murkowski and Joe Miller remain deadlocked and waiting for a vote count that could take two weeks to complete. In the meantime, though, the Senator is already considering other options for getting on the November ballot.

Mitch McConnell and Al Franken provide a lesson in Senate comity.

Did felons voting illegally put Al Franken over the top in Minnesota? Probably not.

A comedian’s farcical run for mayor of Reykjavik ended in victory. It’s as if Stephen Colbert’s 2008 presidential bid had worked. Or Al Franken got elected to the Senate!

America may be the land of opportunity but it helps to have a head start in the rat race.