Outside the Beltway

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.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

A new poll shows public approval for the Supreme Court nearing a all-time low.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

Two polls indicate that most Americans oppose the President’s latest moves on Syria. This makes sense considering actual policy there seems to be entirely incoherent.

Public trust in the news media, along with many other institutions, continues to fall. That’s troublesome for many reasons.

Congress gets bad grades in Gallup’s latest poll, and gridlock is the main reason

A George W. Bush renaissance? Not exactly.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

Michael Kinsley contends “Being against marriage equality doesn’t make you a monster.”

Are civil liberties once again at risk in the wake of the bombing attack in Boston?