Outside the Beltway

Ok, oh scolders, what is it you want us to be blogging about in lieu of discussing a certain Hockey Mom?

Time for midterms.

Pedestrian fatalities are up. Experts blame Michelle Obama.

Factions on the right and left continue to charge one another with trying to politicize the Tucson murders. They’re now nitpicking the memorial service.

The iPrayer Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

We really need a better understanding of mental health disorders in this county, and events like those over the weekend underscore this fact.

More breaking news on the shooting-in this case, about the shooter.

The Pelosi Estates Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

I don’t like it when things my allies say are misquoted and attacked; it’s no better when my allies do it.

Constitutional interpretation is easy, right?

The Christmas Cheer Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Was John McCain’s place of birth as big an issue to the fringe left as Obama’s has been (and continues to be) to the fringe right?

What the Haley Barbour situation illustrates is that we, as a country, have not fully accepted or dealt with our own past.

The repeal of DADT has resulted in some odd claims being made.

The Congress has passed a repeal of DADT.

The Festivus For The Rest Of Us Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Tonight’s topics: the Republican effort to run out the clock on the 111th Congress, various reform proposals that are floating around, and goodness knows what else.

Since when is working the week before Christmas sacrilege?

Tonight’s topics: The tax cut deal, Obama’s primary challengers, and whether politicians should care about the unemployed.

Why would policy outcomes be different under the 17th Amendment?

If 33 states can muster support to kill a law, how would it have gotten enacted to begin with?

Are the interests of a given state different than the interests of the people living in that state?

Tonight’s topics: The fallout from the latest WikiLeaks dump and the Pentagon’s report on gays in the military.

The major outlets that received document drops from Wikileaks are covering the story in different and interesting ways.

The Props for Congress Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Tonight’s topics: Escalation on the Korean peninsula, the continued woes of the eurozone, and goodness knows what else.

Tonight’s topics: New airline screening measures, Karzai vs. Petraeus, political infighting among victorious Republicans, and the defeated Democrats keeping their leadership intact.

So will there be an efficacious backlash against TSA policies? I am guessing no.

Tonight’s topic: Slow news day. We’ll figure out something.

Republicans either lost or barely won a whole lot of races because their vote was split with minor party candidates.

Despite the Democrats sweeping quite literally every statewide office in California, Proposition 19, the marijuana legalization ballot issue, lost by 10 points.

The TKO Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

We’ve been talking about the 2010 elections since, oh, the day after the 2008 elections.   Now, it’s time for final predictions.

Yes, I think that Palin is running in 2012.

Tonight’s topic: The election is finally here.

The Coffee Party Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Instead of decades-old retreads like talking about abolishing the Department of Education, it would be nice if we had a real debate about the fiscal circumstances in the country.

Apparently Juan Williams is really, really, really important.

NPR has fired Juan Williams over controversial comments about Muslims.

Tonight’s topics: The foreclosure mess, low GDP growth, and the world-wide Tea Party.

Tonight’s topics: The latest mortgage scandal, lust for a third party, the role of judges in Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, political motorcades and their impact on the little people, and who knows what else. I hear there’s an election coming up, so perhaps that will enter into the discussion as well.

Are we facing a Sharia take-over?

The Lou Dobbs story simply underscores the fact that the illegal immigration debate is fundamentally about labor supply and demand.

Tonight’s topic: America’s rising income inequality and what, if anything, we ought to do about it.

The Eagle Has Landed Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

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