Outside the Beltway

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been released from detention ahead of possible budget cuts.

Ooops.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

A good start toward solving a long standing problem.

The GOP seems to be drawing all the wrong lessons from the 2012 elections.

Presidential honeymoons aren’t what they used to be, and President Obama’s second term honeymoon isn’t likely to last very long.

Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

The GOP’s problems extend far beyond immigration.

Turning young voters into Young Republicans isn’t going to be an easy thing for the GOP to pull off.

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

Republicans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Will they learn the right lessons from their loss?

Tthere’s enough bad punditry going around that there’s no need to invent cases to expose.

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.

Younger voters are starting to become as cynical as the rest of us.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

Justice Scaiia’s dissent in Arizona v. United States included many odd forays into areas that had nothing to do with the case before him.

President Obama’s immigration policy shift is legal, it’s good policy, but bypassing Congress won’t solve our immigration problems.

Republican reaction to the President’s immigration policy announcement has been relatively muted, and it’s likely to stay that way.

The main problem is governing should be different than simplistic rhetoric.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

Another case of the law of unintended consequences.

Based on the numbers, Barack Obama is an immigration hawk.

Rick Perry’s position on immigration-related issues could be a problem for the same conservatives who have been getting behind him.

Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.

President Obama came close to endorsing same-sex marriage last night, but stopped short yet again

A new Georgia immigration law is causing serious problems for Georgia’s farmers.