Outside the Beltway

Are the American people finally waking up to the absurdity of TSA security theater? One can only hope they are.

Virginian Republicans have heard of George Allen and not Eric Cantor, Ken Cuccinelli, Bill Bolling, Tom Davis, or Bob Marshall.

Some Republican Senators-elect are imploring Harry Reid not to consider any treaties during the lame duck session.

Okahoma’s James Inhofe has a message for the Tea Party movement — don’t be fooled by the “War On Earmarks.”

Eliminating earmarks is good policy and good politics.

They’ve won the elections, but Republicans still aren’t getting specific about exactly where they’d cut Federal spending.

Dana Milbank asks, “Would we be better off under a President Hillary Clinton?” His affirmative answer isn’t very convincing.

Shockingly, Mitch McConnell and other Republicans are hoping to increase their numbers in Congress and take back the White House.

Ok, what strategy should Speaker Boehner pursue?

Is the public anger at Obama really just papered over racism?

If the polling is anywhere close to accurate, a Republican wave will come crashing down today, repudiating the first two years of the Obama administration. What does it mean?

Amazon is making the complete “I Love Lucy” television series — a whopping 5394 minutes of entertainment on 34 discs — available for one day only at $84.99.

Republicans are promising two years of gridlock and obstructionism if they take control of Congress, but is that really what the people who are likely to vote for them next week really want?

A Federal Judge in Florida has handed a significant, albeit procedural, victory to the opponents of ObamaCare.

A federal judge has ruled that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is Constitutional and thus brings to fruition the inevitable, ridiculous result of Wickard v. Filburn.

The new health care law’s individual mandate has survived it’s first legal challenge, and that’s not really a surprise.

Among the unintended but not unforeseen consequences of the new health care law is that companies who were previously offering some health coverage may stop altogether. In some cases, that’s just as well.

Another new media star is coming to the rescue of an old media dinosaur. Put it’s probably too late.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appears to be quietly putting together the beginnings of a campaign for President of the United States. Don’t count him out by any means.

David Frum assesses the current state of right-of-center think tanks and the significance thereof.

Beloved comedian and character actor Andy Griffith’s popularity in his home state has plummeted since making commercials endorsing ObamaCare and some Democratic candidates.

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.

The White House seems to be getting annoyed at the criticism coming it’s way from the left.

The Republican Party is keeping relatively quiet on the Proposition 8 ruling. That’s a good idea.

Paul Krugman’s Medicare projections don’t line up with what the actuaries are telling us.

The Obama Administration is dismissing the results of a referendum in Missouri that purports to strike down health insurance mandates.

Missouri voters became the latest to express displeasure with the new health care reform law yesterday.

A Federal District Court Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration’s health care reform law filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to proceed.

A new poll claims that the health care reform law is now supported by a majority of Americans. Don’t believe it.

Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?

House Republican leaders want to repeal ObamaCare. But, even if the GOP takes over Congress, Obama will still have the veto.

Yet another “hidden” provision of ObamaCare is revealed to hold nasty surprises for America’s small business owners.

In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.

Reports of Barack Obama’s political death are greatly exaggerated and wildly premature.