Outside the Beltway

Once again, the House GOP is risking sending the economy into the tank to prove a political point.

The Speaker’s version of what went down during the negotiations does not make the Speaker look good.

The House GOP is moving in an ever more dangerous direction.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

Apparently, John Boehner was somewhat displeased with the negotiating process.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

Last night’s defeat of “Plan B” demonstrated yet again that John Boehner does not really control his caucus.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

Grover Norquist has seriously undercut the credibility of the ATR anti-tax pledge.

The latest offer from John Boehner includes a significant concession.

From a political point of view, the GOP’s position on taxes makes no sense at all.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Any chance that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed died with the re-election of Barack Obama. But, there are other fights to come.

President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.

The President Obama lost his cool with Speaker Boehner on debt negotiations is not nearly as important as the underlying reason a deal couldn’t be reached.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

John Boehner speaks an inconvenient, for Mitt Romney at least, truth.

As gas prices fall, the politics of fuel prices are changing.

Thomas Friedman continues his quixotic quest for a third party. His candidate: a fantasy Barack Obama.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

Jeb Bush is the latest Republican to eschew GOP tax orthodoxy.

The battle lines are being drawn for another showdown over the debt ceiling.

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

Many on the right seem unwilling to condemn clearly offensive remarks by Rush Limbaugh

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Yep, more gridlock.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

So, what’s next?

Executive summary: She’s a kook unfit to serve as dog catcher, much less leader of the free world.