Outside the Beltway

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

Alabamians like to exclaim, “Thank God for Mississippi.” Perhaps it’s time for that slogan to cross the Pond.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Debbie Dingell is set to continue an 80 year legacy of Dingells occupying the same seat in the House of Representatives. That’s not a good thing.

Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.

David Trott’s victory in Michigan’s District 11 Republican House primary marks the first time this year a Republican Establishment candidate has upset a Tea Party Incumbent.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

The Supreme Court’s next term doesn’t start for three months, but it’s becoming clear that the Justices will have to deal with marriage equality when it does.

Only two 2013 college football games attracted more viewers that Tuesday’s World Cup match vs. Belgium.

Another area where the law has yet to catch up to technology.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

The IRS’s claim that it lost some unknown number of Lois Lerner’s emails doesn’t really add up.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

The Obama White House rejected Republican criticism of the deal that led to the release of the only American Prisoner Of War from the Afghanistan War.

It may be time to rethink the way we make candidates get on the ballot.

One of the longest serving Members of Congress just got his political career saved.

People are still going to jail for being unable to pay their fines. And often billed for the priviledge.

A 13 month string of legal victories for marriage equality reaches Oregon.

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

It might not be pretty.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

The Court gets the result right, but their reasoning will make things much more difficult for courts, defendants, and victims.

Yesterday the Supreme Court greatly expanded the circumstances under which police can rely on anonymous tips.

The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.

The Supreme Court may have just found a way to end the debate over Affirmative Action in education.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

The Reviewing the Situation Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Someone needs to give the Mayor of Warren, Michigan a lesson on what the First Amendment means.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

A partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

A tale of life in modern-day America . . .