Outside the Beltway

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

Trouble in paradise for two of Hawaii’s top Democrats?

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

Once again, Republicans demonstrate why they have problems with Latino voters.

Ugh.

The current immigration debate is yet another great example of how our system works (so to speak).

Notwithstanding the hype, there’s one very big reason why the idea of Elizabeth Warren as a viable candidate for President doesn’t make much sense.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

A new poll shows that Americans are divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, but this most likely will not impact relations between the two countries.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

Some people on the left are still trying to convince Ruth Bader Ginsburg that she needs to just step out on the ice floe already.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

How long should we expect people to work?

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.

Brian Schweitzer has a reputation for saying things that most politicians wouldn’t, but that may be just what he needs to get attention if he runs in 2016.

Recent events in Iraq have opened up old domestic political arguments in the United States.

The President’s well-intentioned campaign against military sex crimes has backfired.

In her upcoming book, Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant tone against conservative’s continued interest in the Benghazi attack.

The very idea of a “war on religion” in the United States is absurd.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

Is support for marriage equality now an issue that can benefit Democrats at the polls?

Preserving the filibuster.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Not every tragedy can be resolved with a military response.

An award for breaking a campaign promise.

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

Once again, the Obama Administration punts on the Keystone XL Pipeline.

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

Young voters reject political parties to a greater extent than other voters, but on policy issues they trend Democratic

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

There are more self-identified Independents in the country than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. And it’s mostly at the expense of the GOP.

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

A dubious distinction.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.