Outside the Beltway

The signs point to 2010 being an even worse year for Democrats than 1994.

The Obama’s are vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard again this year so, of course, it’s time for people to say stupid things about Presidential leisure activities again.

America’s mission in Iraq is shifting from an active combat role to a smaller security presence. But the war that gripped our attention for years is now off the radar screen.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is superbly qualified for the presidency. But our system virtually assures that he won’t be a serious contender for the job.

Some Republicans are start to wonder if it’s such a good idea for their party to be so closely associated with the heated rhetoric surrounding the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory.

The 9th Circuit yesterday ruled that Stolen Valor laws violate the 1st Amendment and that there is a limited right to lie.

As many American soldiers have died in Afghanistan under Obama as under Bush.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

President Obama waded into the “Ground Zero” mosque controversy at a Ramadan dinner last night.

The poll numbers look grim for the President, but it’s still far too early to be making predictions about the 2012 elections.

There isn’t as much GOP unity over the idea of changing America’s citizenship rules as you might think.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker today declared California’s Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional, thus opening the latest front in the gay marriage wars.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

Twenty-five years after retiring as President Reagan’s Budget Director, David Stockman is back with a scathing indictment of Republican fiscal policies over the past four decades.

American Conservatism has changed significantly since the days of William F. Buckley Jr. One former National Review editor says that it’s changed for the worse.

Democrats have not figured out how to use President Obama during the upcoming Mid-Term campaign, if at all.

The Obama administration is refusing to enforce border security, right?

Congress has (after many years of debate) narrowed the gap between sentencing for crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

Why I wasn’t fooled by Barack Obama’s campaign promises to curb presidential power.

Will a debate over foreign policy tear apart the GOP ? Probably not.

The Obama Administration seems to be saying that “Blame Bush” will be at the core of their re-election strategy. Good idea ? Not really.

Is Ann Coulter’s defense of Michael Steele’s Afghan War skepticism the beginning of conservative split, or just an attempt to pile on President Obama ?

Once again, the knives are out for Michael Steele after his recent Afghanistan gaffe.

A survey of historians ranks Obama as the 15th best president ever, ahead of Ronald Reagan and behind Bill Clinton.

The odds that David Petraeus will be able to pull off a miracle in Afghanistan like he did in Iraq are very slim.

Americans on both sides of the aisle throw around words like “tyranny” and “fascism” about our system. But there are constant small reminders we are under the rule of law.

Should Obama waive restrictions on international shipping, as Bush did during Katrina? It’s more complicated than you may think.

It is notoriously difficult to judge a presidency mid-stream.