Outside the Beltway

Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

Once again, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren says she isn’t running for President, and has no plans to do so.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

Despite the ongoing email controversy, Hillary Clinton remains well positioned heading into 2016.

The Beer Goggles Not Included Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

With no real opponents in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has no reason to rush getting into the race.

Elizabeth Warren said once again that she’s not running for President, now or in the future. That’s not going to stop the efforts to draft her, though.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is not running for President, and she is unlikely to change her mind on that. Nonetheless, the speculation that she is will continue for some time to come because it suits her interests and the interests of others.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

The numbers don’t lie, Mitt Romney remains popular among Republican voters.

When push comes to shove, top Republicans may still try to make Mitt Romney happen.

Former Senator Jim Webb is the first Democrat to kinda, sorta, throw his hat into the ring for 2016.

Some of his party’s leaders want the president to save them.

Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.

The former Virginia Senator is talking about running for President.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

Some on the left are saying that Hillary Clinton isn’t doing enough to help Democrats in 2014.

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.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

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.”

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

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

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

It might not be pretty.

A certain wealthy man with good hair is doing very well in a meaningless poll.

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

No person has been elected Senator in a second state after serving as Senator in another, but Scott Brown seems set to give it a try.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts has promised to serve her entire six-year term.

The Hello You… Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

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

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

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.