Outside the Beltway

The GOP’s arguments about the impact of ObamaCare on Medicare are dishonest and hypocritical.

There are signs out there that people are becoming some what more optimistic about the outlook for the economy.

We’ve reached the point where public figures coming out of the closet is barely news anymore, and that’s a good thing.

Jerry Sandusky is in jail, but the evidence of the crimes that were committed to protect him continues to mount.

Obama holds up “MANDATE STRUCK DOWN” headline from CNN in “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN” photoshop

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

None of the cable news networks did particularly well last night.

Bill Clinton is the latest Democrat to defend private equity, and Mitt Romney’s business record. It would appear this meme is on its last legs.

The John Edwards trial is over. This should be the end of the matter.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

Rick Santorum is urging Mitt Romney to go all-in on opposition to same-sex marriage. Not surprisingly, this is bad advice.

Further thoughts on Ron Paul’s game plan, assuming he has one.

Americans are ridiculously fat and getting fatter by the nanosecond.

What seemed like a diplomatic success has begun to unravel very quickly.

My first piece for The New Republic, “Why the Obama Administration’s Drone War May Soon Reach a Tipping Point,” is up.

Wolf Blitzer just observed that the fact that the president has to take these “extraordinary security precautions” to enter Afghanistan proves how far we still have to go in Afghanistan.

Five suspects have been arrested in a plot to blow up a Cleveland bridge.

Once upon a time, Jimmy Carter was everyone’s favorite former president. Not so much these days, especially among other former presidents.

Lt Gen Benny Gantz says Iran “is going step by step to the place where it will be able to decide whether to manufacture a nuclear bomb. It hasn’t yet decided to go the extra mile.”