Outside the Beltway

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

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

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.

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

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

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

It wasn’t the Democrats.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

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

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

A new poll suggests that Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State doesn’t impress voters as much as she might hope.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

The EPA’s new carbon rules leave much to be desired.

It seems unlikely that Eric Shinseki will have a job for much longer.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

Contrary to popular belief, eyewitness testimony is often quite unreliable.

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Today in “Dumb Things Republicans Say.”

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

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?”

So, Dana Milbank has a column.

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

Huckabee resurgent? A new poll makes the case, but it’s far too early to say.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Will a couple closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge end up being a problem for New Jersey’s Chris Christie going forward?

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.