Outside the Beltway

The GOP Senate Caucus seems to be split on whether or not to reinstate the filibuster for Presidential and Judicial appointments.

Michele Bachmann leaves office at the end of the current Congress, but we may not have heard the last from her.

You’ve got your playoff College Football fans, as imperfect as it was inevitably going to be.

Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.

Former Senator Jim Webb is the first Democrat to kinda, sorta, throw his hat into the ring for 2016.

An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.

The Keystone XL pipeline bill is dead until the next Senate. Mary Landrieu’s political career, on the other hand, is basically dead for the foreseeable future.

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Trying to explain one of the biggest surprises of Election Night 2014.

What happened Tuesday? And what does it tell us about 2016?

The results of the 2014 midterms should teach us some lessons about how to handle and evaluate polling.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

It’s way too early, folks.

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

Remember the border crisis? Yea, it’s not much of a crisis these days.

The die is cast.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.