Outside the Beltway

U.S. troops will be in Afghanistan for at least the next three years.

The Laughing Gas Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Dan Froomkin says Obama is as bad as Bush, if not worse.

The United States is, in fact, doing the exact opposite.

Public faith in government institutions is at all all time low.

Some bad news for the President.

There’s little evidence for the conservative contention that the President has damaged America’s position in the world.

Does the office of Vice-President serve any useful purpose anymore?

A great American writer has passed away.

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

The most important leader to come out of Africa in the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of history, has died.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Yesterday saw some of the biggest protests ever to rock Egypt. Where does it go from here?

Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a 2016 presidential run. It’s a thin report.

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

We really don’t need to be treating Inauguration Day like it’s the coronation of a new King.

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

President Obama is taking some heat over the fact that his Second Term cabinet selections have been very white and very male.

Jake Tapper is moving to CNN, where he’ll host a daily show and run their political coverage.

Not surprisingly, television and reality don’t really coincide.

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

The Hunt For Red November 6th Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

If we are going to assess the “Reagan Question” then methinks some data would be helpful.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

An overwhelming number of likely voters say President Obama has changed America; most say for the worse. He still leads Romney by 3 points.