Outside the Beltway

On rare instances in Washington, reporters do their job and ask tough questions of political leaders. Rarer still, the leaders give good answers.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

The latest offer from John Boehner includes a significant concession.

President Obama’s recent statements on the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington are not consistent with his own Administration’s policies.

Today, there are many millions of Americans who can tell one Kardashian sister from another, but have no idea that Barack Obama has compiled the worst presidential record since Jimmy Carter.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

From a political point of view, the GOP’s position on taxes makes no sense at all.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

At this moment, Chris Christie is the most popular Governor in the country.

More signs of cracks in the wall of GOP resistance to tax increases.

Seems that the answer continues to be “no.”

Dean “Unskewed Polls” Chambers is back, and he’s as deluded as ever.

Not as much learning going on as one might like, to be honest.

Are two-term Presidencies the new normal?

Republicans need to realize that they are at a disadvantage in the upcoming negotiations regarding the Fiscal Cliff.

The GOP’s problems extend far beyond immigration.

Neither member of the Republican ticket seems to understand what really happened on Election Day.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.