Outside the Beltway

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

Not surprisingly, the Supercommittee is a Super Failure.

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

Is public dissatisfaction with Obama also a cry for a conservative revolution?

Gaddafi is dead, but it was still wrong for the United States to get involved in Libya.

Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”

Not surprisingly, the “Super Committee” to deal with the deficit isn’t making much progress.

Mitt Romney is once again the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

Country music legend Hank Williams, Jr. is not a fan of the current administration.

Beginning with “BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building,” a series of tweets with the #CongressHostage hashtag have been decidedly unfunny.

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

The second half of the President’s political strategy is in place. Don’t mistake it for a serious legislative effort.

As more details roll in on President Obama’s millionaire tax hike, it’s looking like it was drawn up by J. Wellington Wimpy: “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.”

Not surprisingly, there was very little about the President’s jobs speech to write home about.

Did Speaker Boehner insult President Obama by snubbing his speech request? If so, so what?

The White House is still smarting over the fact that they got burned by John Boehner, again.

How hard is it to schedule one measly jobs speech?

Some Republicans apparently still aren’t satisfied with the 2012 field.

The immediate reaction among the political class to the debt downgrade was the play the same old stupid games.

The agenda of the Tea Party movement doesn’t necessarily coincide with what voters say they want from Washington.

The job approval numbers for Congress are at historic lows, but will that matter in 2012?

The Straw Boss Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

House Republicans are being criticized for utilizing a tactic they learned from Senate Democrats.

Condi Rice’s speechwriter thinks Huntsman can appeal to the Tea Party.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

We have a deal in Washington. Now, the leadership just has to make sure it can pass Congress.

President Obama and Congressional Republicans have the outline of a deal to raise the debt limit past the 2012 elections.

How the reelection incentive and parliamentary procedure are affecting the debt ceiling debate in Congress.

It’s another Friday of drama in the debt ceiling crisis.

By insisting on perfection in the debt ceiling debate, the Tea Party has made itself irrelevant to the process.

John Boehner’s debt ceiling plan is being amended. And not in a good way.