Outside the Beltway

Ben Carson is not a serious candidate for President, but he’s likely to get a lot of support from the GOP’s Tea Party wing.

The House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11/2012 attack in Benghazi are not supported by the evidence. That’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, though.

Because no one, ever, has ever questioned the intelligence of American voters in extemporaneous discussions of politics.

Post-election polling shows that the majority of Americans want the new GOP majority in Congress to work together with the President. Republican voters have a very different view.

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

The Navy Special Warfare community is angry at SEALs exploiting their part in the bin Laden raid.

With the midterms over, it’s time for Sarah Palin to start grifting again.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

The most bizarre race of 2014 is finally over.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

MSNBC’s attempt to be the liberal Fox News isn’t working.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

ISIS at the Gates Edition.

A desperation move by NBC News?

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

Bush 2016?

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

The TSA is up to its usual shenanigans.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

A Federal investigation of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge appears to vindicate Governor Chris Christie.

The Kansas Supreme Court may have just upended the battle for control of the U.S. Senate

President Obama hits new job approval lows, while the GOP seems poised for success in November,

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

And presidentialism encourages this kind of behavior.

Chris McDaniel’s meritless, quixotic challenge to the Mississippi GOP Senate Primary is reaching it’s expected conclusion.

The chattering class is chattering about the President’s vacation again. It really is quite tiresome.

David Trott’s victory in Michigan’s District 11 Republican House primary marks the first time this year a Republican Establishment candidate has upset a Tea Party Incumbent.

For a party that says its not interested in impeachment, the GOP sure keeps bringing it up.

Six weeks have passed since the primary, and Chris McDaniel has revealed he really doesn’t have much to complain about other than the fact that he lost.

George Will has come under criticism for pointing out what seems to be an undeniable fact.

Big news, and potentially a big merger, in the entertainment industry.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

What could possibly go wrong?

One of the most repeated comments about the 2016 race is based on something that just isn’t true.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

Yet more adventures in bad records retention policy at the IRS.