Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin had a very good track record in her primary season endorsements, but it’s not at all clear that she will have much of an impact on the 2010 General Election.

The political fight over the extension of the Bush tax cuts took a very interesting turn today.

Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally raises, yet again, the tiresome fight over crowd estimates and their political significance.

The New York Times realizes that most Republicans just don’t care that Ken Mehlman is gay. Surprise, neither do most Americans at this point.

The Obama’s are vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard again this year so, of course, it’s time for people to say stupid things about Presidential leisure activities again.

Glenn Greenwald asks, “Why won’t the Pentagon help WikiLeaks redact documents?” For the same reason we don’t negotiate with terrorists.

Senate Republicans want to rethink the 14th Amendment’s automatic citizenship for people born in the U.S.

While Congressional Democrats are being careful not to dance on Charlie Rangel’s grave, President Obama is showing no such compunction.

A new poll claims that the health care reform law is now supported by a majority of Americans. Don’t believe it.

Daniel Schorr’s journalism career ended far too early, lasting a mere eighty-one years.

Charles Rangel, who recently stepped aside as Chairman of House Ways And Means Committee, is facing ethics charges.

Sarah Palin tweeted, and took the wrong side in a story that doesn’t even deserve to be a controversy.

The President likely has some very bad poll numbers on his mind this morning.

Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Federal Government retains the option of suing Arizona a second time if the state’s new immigration law is enforced in a discriminatory manner.

The latest bad idea from some conservative pundits ? Sarah Palin for Chair of the Republican National Committee.

Honest pollsters should deposit their raw data with the Roper Center to improve transparency.

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

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