Outside the Beltway

Not unexpectedly, the Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging the Constitutionality of the Senate filibuster.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Sometimes, being evasive in answering a question just makes a politician look silly. This is one of those times.

Could Alison Lundergran Grimes be surging? Maybe, but we’ll need more evidence to be sure.

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

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

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.

The General Accounting Office confirmed what seems clear to anyone who can read a statute.

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

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

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.

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

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The streak continues.

Mitch McConnell is making promises to pro-life groups that the GOP probably won’t keep, but it’s still a politically risky move.

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

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

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.

The EPA’s new carbon rules leave much to be desired.

Preserving the filibuster.

A big loss for the Tea Party, and a big win for Mitch McConnell,

A new poll indicates that Democratic candidates are holding their own against Republican challengers in three southern states.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

The GOP “establishment” keeps beating back challenges.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.

It might not be pretty.

Purity for profit on display.