Outside the Beltway

The next shoe has dropped in the battle between campaign finance laws and the 1st Amendment.

The GOP doesn’t have a charismatic superstar waiting in the wings. That’s okay.

I get the impression that a lot of people don’t even know what “the 1967 borders” are or why they tend to be considered the logical point of departure for any type of peace negotiations.

Stephen Colbert has been running an ongoing shtick in which he’s trying to start a political action committee, gets letters from his Viacom bosses poo-pooing the idea, and then inviting his lawyer on to explain ways to get around these concerns.

Rand Paul has borrowed a bad idea from the 2008 Presidential campaign.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

Events in Syria, and the world’s response to them, are revealing the moral bankruptcy of the justification for the war in Libya.

Presidential wannabe Jon Huntsman wrote some embarrassing letters about President Obama and the Clintons.

Donald Trump has been surging in polls of Republican voters recently, but that doesn’t mean much of anything.

Andrew Bacevich refers to Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power as “the Three Harpies.”

Ann Coulter says its time for Birthers to shut up.

The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront

Michele Bachmann raised more money in the First Quarter of 2011 than any other Republican. Which means that she’ll have to be taken seriously if she decides to run for President.

President Obama has pledged no slaughter and no ground troops for Libya. He may well be forced to pick one.

Like all Presidents before him, Barack Obama is asserting the right to virtually unfettered discretion when it comes to military matters.

The “Obama Doctrine,” such as it is, seems to boil down to moral self-certainty combined with a glaring ignorance of reality. That’s a dangerous combination.

Did President Obama pull off a diplomatic masterstroke? Or is he muddling through?

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

Jon Huntsman is running for president. Who the hell is Jon Huntsman, you say?

State and AID budgets are a rounding error in the Defense budget.

Sarah Palin’s unfavorability ratings continue to climb. And there’s very little room for her recovery.

Diplomacy means having to be nice.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton top Gallup’s lists of Most Admired Americans.

Israelis and Palestinians don’t agree on much these days, but they do agree that Barack Obama hasn’t helped the peace process at all since coming to office.

Rush Limbaugh is apparently not impressed with Barack Obama’s presidency. That doesn’t make him a racist.

Democratic consultants Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell offer some free advice for President Obama. It’s worth every penny.

Dana Milbank asks, “Would we be better off under a President Hillary Clinton?” His affirmative answer isn’t very convincing.