Outside the Beltway

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

Absent something extraordinary, it’s unlikely that the GOP will lose control of the House.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

A man named Carlos killed a woman named Wanda Lopez. Texas executed a different man named Carlos for the crime.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.

Another good monthly jobs report

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

A legal dispute exposes an open wound.

The Queasy Rider Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A bill likely to become law in Virginia will require all women seeking abortions to undergo an invasive ultrasound examination.

Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.

Republican candidates have reached out to Tim Tebow for an endorsement. Desperation?

Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Barack Obama now looks to the Rough Rider himself for inspiration. Can’t he find it himself?

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

Ben Bernanke didn’t offer many clues in his speech today, but one wonders if he really has any tricks left up his sleeve.

The result in the Casey Anthony case is leading, inevitably, to a host of new proposed laws.

States are racing to put obstacles in front of voters in the name of fraud prevention.