Outside the Beltway

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

I give it a C+/B- (adequate, passing, nothing exceptional).

Mitt Romney’s speech last night was the best he’s ever given, but it’s impact may have been undercut but several odd production decisions that preceded it.

The real story of Bain Capital is impressive. Mitt Romney chose instead to present an origin story that’s utter horseshit.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

Mississippi is more conservative than Massachusetts is liberal.

“To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

A victory for the proponents of Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

The presumptive Republican nominee has sent a strong and welcome signal about his governing philosophy.

Romney’s new ad on a ruling issued by HHS on welfare-to-work requirements doesn’t pass the smell test.

Mitt Romney continues to have serious problems getting people to like him.

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

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

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

President Obama set off a firestorm by claiming business owners didn’t build “that.”

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

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s alleged involvement in moving companies overseas is entirely phony.

A new report on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital seems to be much ado about nothing.

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

The PPACA, the fight over it, and the Sibelius ruling all underscore this fact.

A recent decision out of Massachusetts threatens to make business quite difficult for online service providers.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

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