Outside the Beltway

Congress seems to have gotten the message the Supreme Court sent last month about the Stolen Valor Act.

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The “Mormon Question” that has long plagued Mitt Romney is being raised again by a new study showing the sentiment rising among liberals and non-believers.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Well, maybe a tiny one.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

Shockingly, the “Springfield” in the long-running sittcom “The Simpsons” is Springfield, Oregon, near where creator Matt Groening grew up.

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

Last night’s debate may have been the last one. It was also the least informative.

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that anyone will have the race for the nomination wrapped up any time soon.

This is no way to pick a Presidential Nominee.

If the reaction at this year’s CPAC is any indication, Mitt Romney still has some work to do to seal up his party’s base.

A new poll shows Santorum surging ahead of Mitt Romney nationally

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

Last night, we saw the beginning of the end of the Newt Gingrich campaign whether he realizes it or not.

Romney continues to roll up decisive victories while Gingrich gets increasingly bitter and nasty.

Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

Senator Mike Enzi wants to replace the Dollar Bill with a coin. As with past efforts, it’s a great idea that is unlikely to succeed.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Mitt Romney has stumbled this week, and may pay for it tomorrow, but he’s still the only candidate with a realistic chance to win the Republican nomination.