Outside the Beltway

Reports of voting irregularity in precincts across the country are threatening to further undermine voter confidence in the legitimacy of election outcomes. There’s a simple solution.

The numbers coming out of the first few weeks of early voting confirms the enthusiasm gap that pollsters have been talking about for months.

Thanks to races in as many six states that may be decided by absentee and write-in ballots, we may not know the outcome of the 2010 Elections for several weeks after Election Day.

At least in Nevada, there appears to be little evidence of an enthusiasm gap between Republicans and Democrats, which is potentially good news for Harry Reid.

To the extent that these faux debates are a measure of competence to hold the office in question, Sharron Reid’s holding her own against the veteran incumbent demonstrated that she was up to the task. Or, at least, as up to it as Reid.

Last night’s one and only Nevada Senate Debate was an embarrassing affair all around, but it most likely sealed the electoral doom of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

Politicians are, by definition, a bit abnormal. However, this year we seem to have more than our fair share of the truly odd.

Harry Reid think it’s his Constitutional duty spend other people’s money and bring it home to Nevada. His constituents seem to have other ideas this year.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

The effort to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell suffered a setback in the Senate today that likely delays any further moves on the issue until after the midterm elections.

The prospect of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell before the November elections is in doubt thanks to a threatened filibuster led by Arizona’s John McCain.

The Delaware GOP now has, according to Nate Silver, a 17% chance of winning the Senate seat.

Even on a ridiculously easy multiple choice quiz, Americans don’t know the name of the Chief Justice or the Senate Majority Leader. So what?

The nation’s 2nd smallest state is becoming the biggest battleground between the Establishment GOP and Tea Party insurgents.

For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.

The Nevada Senate race is, in many ways, a three-way in which none of the above could be a spoiler for Angle.

The numbers still show an exceptionally close Senate race in Nevada. They also show that a different GOP nominee would have meant a very different scenario.

The Tea Party is coming to Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a Glenn Beck rally and one travel guide is warning them to stay away from certain parts of the city. Subtle racism ? No, it’s common sense.

President Obama’s decision to speak out on the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” has turned what was a hot-button cable news item into a political issue that even his fellow Democrats don’t want to deal with.

Harry Reid has spent the summer trying to portray is opponent as a kook. So far, it’s working.

If you think Jimmy Carter is the Worst Figure in American History, you really need to read more.

Shockingly, the Tea Party as a generic movement is more popular than congressional leadership. Interestingly, the Democrats are still slightly more popular than the Tea Party and the Reps are in third.

Sharron Angle has moved on from Second Amendment solutions to First Commandment ones…

Despite her mis-steps, Sharron Angle still has a shot at beating Harry Reid in November

As the campaign in Kentucky heats up for the final sprint to November, Rand Paul seems to have succeeded in moving beyond many of the mis-steps that plagued him three months ago.

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

The latest GDP numbers are nothing but bad news for Democrats.

Angle is smartly focusing her commercials on the economy, and it is helping her numbers.

Thanks to a united Republican Caucus, the Senate failed to take up a deeply flawed campaign finance “reform” bill.