Outside the Beltway

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Debbie Dingell is set to continue an 80 year legacy of Dingells occupying the same seat in the House of Representatives. That’s not a good thing.

For a party that says its not interested in impeachment, the GOP sure keeps bringing it up.

Our non-competitive political system.

The current immigration debate is yet another great example of how our system works (so to speak).

Your tax dollars, not at work.

The usual suspects are blocking any action at all on the border crisis.

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.

John Boehner’s latest political move is designed mostly to appease the GOP base, but it’s likely a non-starter from a legal point of view.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

The Supreme Court rules that Recess Appointments can only be made when there’s actually a Congressional recess.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

A hopeful First Amendment decision from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court rejected another opportunity to clarify Federal Law on testimonial immunity for journalists.

A victory for Federalism and sanity in the War On Drugs.

Boehner ready to pack it in?

Is the GOP headed down a road that leads to yet another doomed impeachment and trial?

Good news for Republicans.

It might not be pretty.

The economy may be recovering but voters don’t want to hear that, Democratic strategists warn.

The current Congress is on pace to pass fewer laws and bills than any since the end of World War II. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Despite the fact that she asserted her right against self-incrimination, a House Committee has voted to hold Lois Lerner in contempt for refusing to testify.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

At least on Capitol Hill, the political middle is dead and buried.

Many Republicans won’t like Jeb Bush’s recent comments about illegal immigration, but he’s right.

Time to have some sympathy for those poor penny-pinching Congressmen and Senators? Hardly.

Fifth Amendment? They don’t need no Fifth Amendment, apparently.

As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.

For now at least, Republicans are far more enthusiastic about voting in November than Democrats. That could be decisive.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”