Outside the Beltway

Maybe the real problem this year isn’t that the campaign is unduly nasty, but that it’s incredibly petty.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

GOP stratgist Alex Castellanos issues a challenge.

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

There’s little evidence that Vice-Presidential picks have as big an impact on elections as pundits seem to think.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

He’s no Sarah Palin but Paul Ryan doesn’t make immediate sense as Romney’s running mate.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

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

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

In calling for the sequestration cuts to be delayed, Republicans are demonstrating their lack of seriousness on the issue of fiscal responsibility.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Mitt Romney continues to have serious problems getting people to 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.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

There are still three months or so go. The race is incredibly tight. And, voters are starting to really dislike both candidates.

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

The people trying to undo the Defense Budget sequestration cuts are making some pretty weak arguments.

The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

A new poll reveals a stark gap between the voting preferences of married and unmarried voters, but that shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Mitt Romney will likely be the first challenger able to outspend a sitting president. He’ll need it.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The Veepstakes doesn’t matter nearly as much as the media tells you it does.

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s immigration announcement has been very well received among Latino voters.

The President’s comment that the private sector is “doing fine” continues to be a topic of discussion.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.