Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin denies that his motivation for renouncing his US citizenship was tax avoidance.

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

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

Rick Santorum would do well to listen to the words of the last Catholic to be President of the United States.

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

You thought the birthers went away? Silly you.

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Ron Paul’s opposition to the Fourteenth Amendment would make a Paul Administration an enemy of civil liberties.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

On the day his campaign is set to make a major economic roll out, Rick Perry went the birther route again.

Some Northeastern Senators want to make selling fake maple syrup a federal offense.

Rick Perry has serious problems with what people think about his immigration position.

Alabama immigration law causing parents to withdraw children from schools.

Where do we stand after 224 years?

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

Killing’s our business and business is good.

Rick Perry’s position on immigration-related issues could be a problem for the same conservatives who have been getting behind him.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

That a popular two-term governor of Utah is being rejected by likely Republican primary voters as insufficiently conservative shows just how extreme American politics has gotten.

The Eleventh Circuit has struck down the individual mandate as exceeding Congress’ enumerated powers under the Commerce Clause.

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

AL takes AZ’s approach and goes a few steps beyond.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Canada is much friendlier than the United States with regard to immigration.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

Superman doesn’t hate America after all!

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

Superman will renounce his American citizenship!

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.