Outside the Beltway

Posting pictures of your ballot to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a crime in some parts of America.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

Today is the anniversary of a significant turning point in the Civil War.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Four idiot privates from Fort Stewart planned to take over the base, kill the president, and take over the government.

Mitt Romney’s forces won a rules change that will allow future nominees to have more say over their conventions. While this strikes me as a no-brainer, some conservative activists are up in arms.

The latest round of the Chick-fil-A controversy is perhaps the most absurd yet.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

Donald Perry, the head of public relations for Chick-fil-A, has died of a heart attack in the midst of the national controversy surrounding the chain’s stance of gay marriage.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

Looking back on the GOP nomination fight, it’s rather obvious that the media overplayed the idea that there was ever a real race going on.

How dominant is the Southeastern Conference? It’s won more titles in the big sports since 2005 than all other conferences combined.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

Newt Gingrich is morally and intellectually bankrupt, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his health care think tank is now fiscally bankrupt.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Russia is the most significant geopolitical player actively opposing significant American interests.

Mitt Romney called Russia our “number one geopolitical foe.” Is he right?

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

Disturbingly large percentages of Republicans still don’t think the President was born here.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Mitt Romney is likely to put considerable distance between himself and his opponents tomorrow.

Not surprisingly, the race in the Buckeye State is tightening.

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.