Outside the Beltway

The GOP’s latest investigatory crusade could end up backfiring on them.

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

Apparently, Benghazi has not faded (at least not for some).

It would be nice if columnists for major newspapers would consult political science, rather than Hollywood, for their understanding of our system.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Ezra Klein argues that the voters already decided how the sequestration fight should play out.

t’s been more than two-and-a half years since the United States passed major legislation.

The political antics surrounding the sequestration cuts is a prime example of what’s wrong with Washington.

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

Congress is historically polarized.

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

Minting a Platinum Coin would be a really bad idea.

(As well as party behavior).

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

Norm Ornstein may have written the sillest op-ed of 2012.

Last night’s defeat of “Plan B” demonstrated yet again that John Boehner does not really control his caucus.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

Grover Norquist has seriously undercut the credibility of the ATR anti-tax pledge.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

Any chance that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed died with the re-election of Barack Obama. But, there are other fights to come.

President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.