Outside the Beltway

In what many are seeing as a rebuke of the President, Louisiana voters re-elected Democratic incumbent John Bel Edwards over his Republican opponent.

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

An unsurprising win in the Pelican State.

Democrat John Bel Edwards scored an easy victory over Senator David Vitter last night in Louisiana, and Vitter announced that he’d be leaving the Senate after his term is up.

It’s Election Day in Louisiana again, and voters have the same crappy choices they usually end up with.

Well this could be a game changer.

Forget about Congress, the real story going forward is likely to be Republican dominance of state legislatures nationwide.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

Despite the clear language of the 14th Amendment, Texas is apparently refusing to issue birth certificates to some children born in the United States whose parents happen to be in the country illegally.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

It’s an old story. Republican leadership wants to avoid a government shutdown, but the hard core conservatives want a fight, this time over the President’s immigration action. We have a week to see how it unfolds.

Unlike David Vitter, he didn’t break the law.

Republicans don’t seem willing to let go of the Obamacare issue just yet. But, how long will that actually last?

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

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

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

President Obama is suffering in the polls because of high gas prices, but is there really anything he can do about them?

Two Senators are proposing a Constitutional Amendment to redefine what it means to be an American citizen.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.