Outside the Beltway

Does the fizzled out Facebook IPO tell us anything about the state of the economy? Not really.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Figuring out how much of the opposition to a black president is based on racism is . . . complicated.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Here’s why nobody in Washington will allow the Bush Tax Cuts to expire.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

A new poll finds that adding Chris Christie to the ticket would fail to deliver New Jersey to the Republicans.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

Will Twitter impact the 2012 elections? The evidence seems thin that it will.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

There’s much to question about The Washington Post’s decision to run a 47 year old story about Mitt Romney.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

Rick Santorum is urging Mitt Romney to go all-in on opposition to same-sex marriage. Not surprisingly, this is bad advice.

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

Will Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage benefit him or Romney in the upcoming campaign?

Another example of Republican foreign policy taking precedence over fiscal conservatism.

Some blogger wants to pay someone to get Barack Obama’s college transcripts. It’s time for this silliness to end.

How the Vice-President’s comment’s on Meet The Press led to an historic Presidential announcement.

The day after President Obama expressed his personal support for gay marriage, a report has surfaced of his presumptive general election opponent engaging in a mean, anti-gay “prank” back in 1965.

Some thoughts on the potential impact of the President’s announcement on same-sex marriage.

The same-sex marriage pivot that everyone was expecting has come.

Mitt Romney has a big problem. People don’t seem to like him very much.

The White House is playing a game that few people are buying.

Another bizarre conservative rant about the President.