Outside the Beltway

The first Appeals Court decision on the Affordable Care Act was a victory for the government.

The Senate Republican leader is running a shrewd political game. But what’s good for the GOP is bad for America.

On paper, Jon Huntsman looks like a great General Election candidate. The problem is it seems impossible for him to win the GOP nomination.

Ppartisan politics no longer stops at the water’s edge. This is a bad sign for the Republic.

A retiree with some rather strange views hosted a Tim Pawlenty event.

Good riddance to Anthony Weiner. But what makes him so special?

The United States is pressuring the Netanyahu government to move off its hard line.

Never popular with his colleagues, Anthony Weiner may now be the least liked Member.

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.

Unemployment was high when Barack Obama took office and it’s gotten substantially higher. Does that mean he won’t get re-elected?

President Obama has issued a Proclamation designating June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

As Congress left town for the long weekend, the Senate Minority Leader threw a grenade into the budget negotiations.

The GOP doesn’t have a charismatic superstar waiting in the wings. That’s okay.

Some think that 2012 will be like 1992. However, that analogy is problematic.

The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.

Bill Clinton thinks some sort of government agency should do somethingorother about rumors on the Internet.

Why would David Petraeus take the thankless job of running the CIA?

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

Obama’s main politics are hardly as leftist as many make them out to be. Indeed, much of them could have fit well in the the GOP of 1990s and early 2000s.

An aide’s compliment about the president “leading from behind” has generated controversy.

President Obama is vulnerable, but he’s facing a GOP field that is underwhelming even for Republicans.

Presidential wannabe Jon Huntsman wrote some embarrassing letters about President Obama and the Clintons.

Two new polls show that the public supports the budget deal, but has no idea what to do to solve our long term problems.

Stephen Walt doesn’t expect Obama’s foreign policy to change along with the names on the org chart.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

Former Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton Warren Christopher has died

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

There are many opportunities to go to war. Here’s a guide for choosing between them.

Warren Christopher, Bill Clinton’s first Secretary of State, has died at 85.

Earth’s moon will seem bigger Saturday night than it has since 1993. It’ll still be the same size as usual, however.

Did President Obama pull off a diplomatic masterstroke? Or is he muddling through?

If the Republicans need their own Bill Clinton, how about Mark Sanford?

The CNN Effect has given away to Twitter Standard Time.

Mike Huckabee apologized for saying Barack Obama grew up in Kenya, explaining only that he meant that the president isn’t a Real American.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

It’s a Republican meme that President Obama has “apologized” for America repeatedly. The one problem with the meme is that there aren’t any facts to support it.

In a new Gallup poll, Americans rank Ronald Reagan as America’s Greatest President.

The White House Press Office produces a blog, YouTube channel, Flickr photo stream, Facebook and Twitter profiles, and daily video programming.

Newt Gingrich is very popular among young conservatives. But two ugly divorces will keep him from being a contender for the presidency.

It really shouldn’t be a surprise that that Democratic Leadership Council is on its last legs.