Outside the Beltway

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

Texas has joined with 16 other states in a lawsuit against the Obama Administration over the President’s executive action on immigration. At first glance, it doesn’t appear to have much legal merit.

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

In the end, there appears to be very little, if anything, the GOP can do to stop or roll back the executive actions the President will announce Thursday evening.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

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

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Another setback for the radical fringe of the “pro-life” movement,

The B.C.S. was far from perfect, and the College Football Playoff system will be, at best, only slightly better.

A disappointing setback.

The most bizarre race of 2014 is finally over.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

Chris McDaniel’s meritless, quixotic challenge to the Mississippi GOP Senate Primary is reaching it’s expected conclusion.

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

The numbers are shocking!

A big setback for Mississippi’s erstwhile Tea Party candidate for Senate.

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.

There is simply no evidence of the kind of in-person voter impersonation that Voter ID Laws were designed to prevent.

No, it’s not over yet.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Six weeks have passed since the primary, and Chris McDaniel has revealed he really doesn’t have much to complain about other than the fact that he lost.

Turnout to date for the 2014 primaries is at record lows, but its unclear what that tells us about November.

A somewhat surprising win in Georgia.

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

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.

The votes have been counted, the result is clear, but the battle between Senator Thad Cochran and Chris McDaniel continues to get stranger by the day.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

Native American names are everywhere.

Parties do not own voters, and the job of campaigns is to attract voters.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Incumbency is a powerful advantage.

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

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

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.