Outside the Beltway

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Taking a dive into Mark Levin’s view of Federalism.

The January jobs report is, in a word, disappointing.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Chris Christie turned down the chance to give the response to tomorrow’s State Of The Union Address

It’s straw poll season already. First up, New Hampshire where things turned out about how you’d expect them to considering Mitt Romney lives there now.

The newest WaPo/ABC News poll numbers.

An obscure Arizona law has raised questions over whether Congressman Gabrielle Giffords could lose her seat if she is disabled for an extended period.

Cory Booker, Michael Bloomberg, and Chris Christie have been in the news this week due to the political fallout over their handling of the East Coast blizzard.

The Shiite Christmas Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Red States should gain 10 seats while Blue States should lose eight.

Washington D.C.’s 34 year-old Metro system is about to become the latest stage for Security Theater.

As things stand right now, the dynamics don’t look good for President Obama in 2012

Richard Quinn, a business professor at the University of Central Florida, got suspicious after a historically high grade distribution on the midterm for his capstone course and decided to scare his students.

While Tim Pawlenty and John Thune get high marks from insiders, they have next to no shot at winning the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

When conservatives start attacking one of their own for pointing out the obvious, you really have to wonder if they want to win.

As impressive as Republican gains in this week’s elections were at the national level, they were even more so in state legislative races. Which means Republicans are in position to consolidate and expand upon their recent gains.

The latest story being repeated by the conservative talking heads is the claim that President Obama will be spending $ 200 million per day on his upcoming overseas trip. The problem is that it’s not true.

Last night’s election results stand as a mixed verdict on the Tea party and its impact on the Republican Party.

If you’re looking for a reason why the GOP is likely to do very well tomorrow, voter response to the “right track/wrong track” question is a very good guide.

Political columnist John Heilemann thinks he’s come up with a scenario that would put Sarah Palin in the White House, but his assumptions don’t add up.

New Jersey’s governor has killed a vital infrastructure project because of huge cost overruns. It’s penny wise and pound foolish.

Once again, CNN’s Rick Sanchez discovers that opening his mouth probably wasn’t a good idea.

Once again, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin are at the top of the field in the GOP 2012 race, but that may not last forever.

Three lives intersected last week at Rutgers University, but one person didn’t make it out alive.

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

The nation’s 2nd smallest state is becoming the biggest battleground between the Establishment GOP and Tea Party insurgents.

NY Post is apparently out to embarrass non-public figure Maria McCormack with its story “Dodge Charger owner upset vehicle crushed by suicidal fall.”

If Republicans stick to their current (apparent) game plan and just run on not being Democrats, they will have neither a mandate to repeal Obamacare, et al, nor the will.

The perfect storm of a bad economy and a new, massive, unpopular government entitlement program may be combing to cause serious damage to Democrats in November.