Outside the Beltway

Recent anti-corruption measures have contributed to making American government worse.

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton gave a speech that will most likely be remembered as the start of her 2016 Presidential campaign.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

In response to North Korean saber rattling and the rise of China, Japan is reassessing it’s military posture

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

The United States is as politically polarized as it was in 1865.

The former Republican Senator and current Independent governor has come full circle.

What’s going on in England and Sweden?

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

ThinkProgress’ Hayes Brown reports that, contrary to his claim that he was demoted for speaking up on the Benghazi attacks, Gregory Hicks was instead demoted for being a bad manager.

After months of impasse, a new coalition has been formed in Italy.

Social conservatives are seeing their clout slip away, but there’s not much they can do about it.

The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.

Will the prohibitive favorite for the 2016 Democratic nomination do it differently this time around?

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.

For the moment, Hillary Clinton looks unbeatable if she chooses to run in 2016

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

President Lyndon Johnson considered flying to the 1968 convention and offering himself up for re-nomination.

The GOP’s public image continues to be bad and there seems to be little sign that they’re doing anything to change that.

Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a 2016 presidential run. It’s a thin report.

Chris Christie looks unstoppable in his bid for re-election

The GOP has a serious image problem.

The GOP is following a strategy on the debt ceiling that cannot possibly succeed.

Cory Booker’s decision to explore a run for the U.S. Senate has upset the powers-that-be in New Jersey Democratic politics.