Outside the Beltway

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

More bad poll numbers for the President and his party.

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

87.18% of the caucus is elected from safe to very safe districts and, therefore, the only real fear that they might have for their jobs would be at the primary stage.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

The iconic football program built by the legendary Eddie Robinson, is now a sad disgrace.

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

The notion that the past has been fully settled is simply incorrect and our debates over symbols illustrate this fact.

Lindy Boggs, the Louisiana Congresswoman best known to many of us as Cookie Roberts’ mom, has died at the ripe old age of 97.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

Doesn’t pass the smell test.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A major Constitutional ruling from the Supreme Court.

Rather than asking whether it was “worth it,” the important historical question regarding the Civil War is whether it could have been avoided.

The Chairman of the RNC wants the GOP to hold its quadrennial convention earlier in the year. He’s right.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

Tax analyst Martin A. Sullivan finds that 1/3rd of “potentially political applications” approved by the IRS were from non-conservative groups.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

The Ravens quarterback cashed in after winning the Super Bowl. Now it’s Maryland’s turn.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

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

It’s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to disaster relief.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has a good idea.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.