Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, Lois Lerner’s attorney is saying his client will only testify under a grant of immunity.

The Supreme Court’s handling of standing in the two same-sex marriage cases likely seems contradictory to many outside observers.

Should bloggers be treated the same as “journalists” for the purpose of the protections granted by media shield laws?

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

The impact of outside spending on the election turned out to be far less consequential than many had feared.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

For all the hype, it’s unlikely that tonight’s debate will have the same impact as the October 3rd Debate.

Sizing up the stakes for tonight’s one and only meeting between the two Vice-Presidential candidates.

September’s BLS Report will likely be significant but, behind the numbers, things don’t look all that great.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

It may not be the one thing that costs him election, but Mitt Romney’s remarks about the “47 percent” are still a problem for his campaign.

Largely because they are resisting efforts to hold them accountable for their performance, Chicago’s teachers are leaving 400,000 students locked out of school.

Not surprisingly, Romney campaigns staffers don’t seem to want to take responsibility for Clint Eastwood’s performance last night.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

Jon Corzine appears to be about to get a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free” card.

Mitt Romney continues to have serious problems getting people to like him.

Once again, people are demanding to see Barack Obama’s college transcripts for no good reason.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

Is the Romney camp snubbing Sarah Palin?

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

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

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

When will Santorum bow to the inevitable?

Yesterday, Rick Santorum started to demonstrate that his campaign has run out of a logical reason to exist.

What happens when political pandering substitutes for serious fiscal policy.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

Not surprisingly, the race in the Buckeye State is tightening.

This is no way to pick a Presidential Nominee.

The Massachusetts Moderate has won the Conservative Political Action Conference poll for a fourth time.

Mitt Romney stumbled a bit during his victory tour this morning.

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?