Outside the Beltway

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

The junior Senator from Florida drops some hints.

Larry Wilmore is getting a much-deserved promotion.

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

A new poll indicates that most Americans don’t want to see the United States intervening overseas.

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

For now at least, Republicans are far more enthusiastic about voting in November than Democrats. That could be decisive.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

The Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go Back In The Water Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

They really love their Starbucks at NBC–and not just on “Morning Joe.”

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

At least initially, Chris Christie did what he needed to do to address a story that threatens to overwhelm his political future.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

One of the dumbest rules in sports may mean that people in three cities can’t see their teams play this weekend.

A dubious distinction.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

Not surprisingly, Time’s editors chose Pope Francis as Person Of The Year. However, Edward Snowden arguably would have been the better choice.

Yesterday’s change to the filibuster rule is likely to have little impact outside the beltway and the political chattering class.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

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?

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.

“If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it.” Well, not really.

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

Ted Cruz’s definition of “the American people” needs some refining.

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

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

A tense afternoon on Capitol Hill.

Tom Clancy, author of dozens of bestselling military thriller novels, has died aged 66.

McAuliffe pulling away?

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.