Outside the Beltway

The odds that David Petraeus will be able to pull off a miracle in Afghanistan like he did in Iraq are very slim.

David Petraeus says he supports the President’s Afghanistan policy, including the withdrawal timetable, but that means less than most people think it does.

Both President Obama and General McChrystal handled a bad situation incredibly well.

Another poll brings bad news for the White House.

There’s really only one story in Washington, D.C. today, and Stanley McChrystal is the star player.

A Federal Judge in Louisiana has told the Obama Administration that it can’t ban offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The House Democrats have just handed the GOP another issue to bash them with in the fall.

President Obama continues to suffer politically as a result of the oil spill crisis.

The escrow fund was a big negative for BP, yes?

President Obama is following the example of his predecessors in abusing his power to enact his preferred policies. Has he gone too far?

General Stanley McChrystal is opening his mouth again and, this time, it could cost him his job.

It is notoriously difficult to judge a presidency mid-stream.

In conjunction with Father’s Day, the Obama administration unveiled Fatherhood.gov, a website offering advice to men on raising kids. Why is this a job for the federal government?

The White House and Rahm Emanuel were quick to deny the reports that he has a plan to leave the White House.

Mitch McConnell says he’s open to a filibuster of the Elena Kagan nomination, but he has a very limited idea of what a “filibuster” actually is.