Outside the Beltway

The latest House GOP pronouncements on immigration reform make it exceedingly unlikely that any bill will pass this year.

Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.

Some really bad advice for the GOP.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

Marco Rubio has suffered a reversal of fortune among Republicans thanks to his role in the immigration reform debate.

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

Does it matter if political leaders like each other on some personal level? Sometimes it does.

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

John Boehner clearly wants to see an immigration bill passed this year, but he has a very narrow path to victory.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

Speaker Boehner seems confident that immigration reform will become law this year, but his confidence may be premature.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

Some interesting choices ahead for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

Former Senator Bob Dole joins the list of those not too happy with the current state of the Republican Party.

President Obama faces some perilous times ahead now that his Administration is under fire.

We’re actually not speculating about who might be running any more than we used to.

Republicans are fighting over how best to deal with their demographic problems, but they seem to be fighting the wrong battle.

The American people aren’t panicking.

Opponents of immigration reform are deceptively attempting to use the bombing attack in Boston to derail immigration reform.

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

Another Senator wants to delay immigration reform because of the attacks in Boston.

For better or worse, the attack in Boston is likely to have an impact on the immigration reform debate.

The odds that any of the Senators who voted no on Manchin/Toomey will pay a political price for doing so is low.

The Senate looks like it’s about ready to take up a bipartisan immigration reform package.

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

Senator Rand Paul has stepped into the immigration debate, but his plan is less than desirable.

Apparently, not the Onion.