Outside the Beltway

Who benefits from the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare ruling?

Chief Justice Roberts: “Although the breadth of Congress’s power to tax is greater than its power to regulate commerce, the taxing power does not give Congress the same degree of control over individual behavior.”

Thanks to a surprising decision by Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has survived the Constitutional challenges against it.

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

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

Absent something extraordinary, it’s unlikely that the GOP will lose control of the House.

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

The Veepstakes doesn’t matter nearly as much as the media tells you it does.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

The 1976 Pulitizer prize winner is phoning it in.

Sequencing matters.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

A new ruling from Egypt’s highest court has set in motion a chain of events that could end very badly.

Several conservatives are touting a poll that purports to show a 22 point drop in support for Obama by Jewish voters in New York. Is it believable?

A new poll purports to show the President losing 20% of North Carolina’s African-American vote to Mitt Romney. Don’t Believe It.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

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

Was money the reason Scott Walker won on Tuesday? The available evidence says no.

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

A contentious political battle that has lasted a year has come to an end.

In an ideal world, today’s Recall Election in Wisconsin would not even be legally possible.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.

87% of those who gave at least $200 to Barack Obama in 2008 have not yet done so in 2012.

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

Should it be anyone’s business if you vote?

There may be only one solution to saving the Euro.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

States actually have constitutional authority over the selection of electors, not of the president.

Republican politicians have largely avoided the topic of same-sex marriage since President Obama’s announcement. Why?

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.