Outside the Beltway

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Don’t blame the Defense Department for following a bad law.

Once again, the Obama campaign appears to have an advantage among people who have voted already or will be voting before Election Day.

Mitt Romney continues to benefit from the first Presidential Debate, but will that last past the second debate?

One pollster has called three battleground states 27 days early.

Yet another in a long line of critiques of the electoral college.

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

Just as we saw in 2008, the conservative base doesn’t want to hear their nominee saying that the President is a basically decent man.

Mitt Romney has an Ohio problem, and little time to fix it.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy weaknesses are starting to become apparent.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

A new round of polling has Obama in the lead and shows reasons why Romney’s supporters should be concerned, but it’s unclear how long any of this will last.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

A rather egregious case of misplaced priorities in Texas.

A clear victory for the Obama campaign in an Ohio Court, but will it stand on appeal?

Mitt Romney’s speech last night was the best he’s ever given, but it’s impact may have been undercut but several odd production decisions that preceded it.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Once again, a Presidential election could be decided by the Buckeye State.

Brookings Institute scholar William Galston says election night might end early this year even if the race remains tight.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

We have met the enemy, and it’s most likely us.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

One Chicago politician is using clearly unconstitutional tactics in the political war on Chick-fil-A

Stephen Green projects the best case and minimal winning scenarios for Obama and Romney.

By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

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