Outside the Beltway

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

Was the Jobs Report released one month before Election Day 2012 rigged? Despite a new report, there’s no evidence to suggest that it was.

The mounting troubles of the PPACA continue.

It is clear the President has been failed by those under him. So, when is someone going to pay the price?

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

A top House Republican suggested today that only Governor’s should be President. His argument has both practical and historical merit.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Republicans are contending that the nearly won the Virginia Governor’s race by emphasizing Obamacare in the closing weeks, but the evidence supporting that contention is far from clear.

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

Charlie Crist, and his tan, want the Governor’s Mansion back.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.

It’s no wonder there’s no compromise in Congress.

According to reports, the President had no idea that the NSA was listening to the phone calls of foreign leaders until this summer.

Few subjects rile members and veterans of military service more than changes to the uniform.

The prospect of Congressional action on immigration before the midterms just got a whole lot less likely.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

Are these four men our last, best hope for a deal that will end the shutdown and avoid breaching the debt ceiling?

Conservatives gathered on the National Mall today to protest the closure of memorials, but their message seems really intended for Republicans in Congress to not back down.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

With the House’s proposed deal reaching an impasse, the Senate is now taking center stage.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

An agency has won the Nobel Peace Prize for something that hasn’t happened yet.

Republicans appear to be uniting behind a short-term plan to deal with the debt ceiling, but seem okay with keeping the government shutdown going forward.

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

Contrary to the White House’s arguments, negotiating over the debt ceiling is not at all historically unprecedented.