Outside the Beltway

Ohio Governor John Kasich looks good on paper, but his campaign seems as though it’s unlikely to get out of the starting gate.

Finally.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major case about public employee unions that could go a long way toward restraining their power.

In the wake of the latest Supreme Court decision, the Affordable Care Act seems to have become even more firmly established than it was before last week, and the prospect of repeal has become even less likely.

In an ordinary year, Ohio Governor John Kasich seems like he’d be a perfect candidate for Republicans in an era when winning the Buckeye State is essential to winning the White House. But things are far from ordinary in the GOP.

A powerful Democratic Senator looks like he’s about to be in a whole lot of trouble.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Should the Legislature take back legislating from the Executive?

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

The number of uninsured Americans has declined since the Obamacare mandate went into effect.

The Supreme Court has limited the ability of public employee unions to force people to join their ranks.

Some old fashioned political arm twisting has up-ended the apple cart in Richmond.

Strange goings on in Ohio.

A good idea, but do the ends justify the means?

The anti-vaccination movement has earned a dubious achievement, the return of a disease that was effectively eradicated 15 years ago.

After many ballyhooed glitches, 7 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare. Now what?

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling does nothing at all to control spending.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

Another day, another delay.

Thanks to current patent and drug regulation laws, we’re paying up to $2,000 for a drug when there’s a drug that does the same thing for orders of magnitude less.

The mounting troubles of the PPACA continue.

It is clear the President has been failed by those under him. So, when is someone going to pay the price?

As expected, the enrollment numbers for Obamacare are far below where they were expected to be.

Things don’t seem to be going well for the Affordable Care Act.

President Obama has apologized for breaking his “If you like your plan, you can keep it” pledge. Does he have anything to be sorry about?

Republicans are contending that the nearly won the Virginia Governor’s race by emphasizing Obamacare in the closing weeks, but the evidence supporting that contention is far from clear.

Charlie Crist, and his tan, want the Governor’s Mansion back.

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has endorsed “none of the above” for governor of Virginia.

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

An employer has scored a major victory in its fight against Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate.

Jerry Brown’s second go-round as governor has been very, very good to the Golden State.

The United States is as politically polarized as it was in 1865.

The Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal of a case in which Indiana’s effort to defund Planned Parenthood had been blocked by a Federal Court.

What happened at the IRS looks a lot more like deliberate political bias than simple incompetence.

A new GOP would make it very difficult to get a good read on the state of the nation’s economy.

Bullheadedness is a virtue?