Outside the Beltway

The former Florida Governor announced that he’s taking the first step towards running for president in 2016.

As the second anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School approaches, a new poll finds that more Americans support gun rights than gun control.

Support for legalizing marijuana continues to grow slowly but surely.

After spiking in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, gun control has faded back into obscurity as an issue voters care about significantly.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

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

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

The GOP has bounced back significantly from the lows it experienced after last year’s government shutdown.

A new poll shows that Americans are divided over Israel’s actions in Gaza, but this most likely will not impact relations between the two countries.

A new poll suggests that Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State doesn’t impress voters as much as she might hope.

Vladimir Putin has become immensely popular in Russia again, and its not hard to figure out why.

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

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

The number of uninsured Americans has declined since the Obamacare mandate went into effect.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

Public faith in government institutions is at all all time low.

A new Gallup poll finds widespread support for individual choice when it comes to end of life decisions.

According to some surveys, Americans are getting a lot more sleep than they think they are. Really?

Some bad news for the President.

Obsessing over what a politician believed in the past accomplishes nothing.

A turning point in public opinion?

Republicans are winning with voters on the issues they say they care the most about.

More bad news for the Tea Party.

A new poll finds that people in Illinois have an accurate assessment of politics in their state.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

Going after Hillary Clinton by attacking her husband won’t work.

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

There are more self-identified Independents in the country than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. And it’s mostly at the expense of the GOP.

The “good war” no more.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

Dana Milbank offers a nonsensical reason for denying our youth the freedom to choose their own path.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

63% are angry at Republicans, 57% are angry at Democrats, and 53% are angry at President Obama.

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.