Outside the Beltway

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

When and how often must they disclose their relationship? And can we take them seriously at all?

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

Charges that the Obama administration leaked classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid for political gain are bunk.

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

Forbes media critic Jeff Bercovici is a bit late spotting a trend.

GOP stratgist Alex Castellanos issues a challenge.

A black ‘Democrat’ who seconded Obama’s nomination in 2008 is endorsing Romney in 2012. It’s not a big deal.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

Another day, another mass shooting in America. Details are sketchy.

A very suspicious “suicide” in police custody.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria looks to be caught in a bit of a plagiarism scandal.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

After two-and-a-half years and who knows how many taxpayer dollars spent trying to prove criminal wrongdoing, the SEC fell short.

The Obama campaign told a few fibs in its effort to distance itself from a controversial Priorities USA ad.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.

Publishing unsubstantiated rumor is not journalism.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

Why the hell is CNN—which purports to be a news organization—pretending that NBC is live casting the Olympics?

Because of a culture where being first is more important than being right, ABC News made a few mistakes in its Friday morning coverage of the Colorado shootings.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is mishandling their response to the Bain story, and hurting the candidate in the process.

Congress seems to have gotten the message the Supreme Court sent last month about the Stolen Valor Act.

Add journalism to the list of professions Americans don’t seem to have much confidence in.

A case study in what’s wrong with the “Breaking News” media.

Joe Paterno’s legacy is likely to take a lasting and damaging hit when a report on Penn State’s handling of the Sandusky mess is released.