Outside the Beltway

Marco Rubio wants to prevent these young women, and other Olympic medal winners, from paying taxes. It’s a dumb idea.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

Michael Phelps today won his 18th and 19th Olympic medal, breaking the old record held by gymnast Larysa Latynina. Does this make him the greatest ever?

Romney’s foreign tour didn’t go quite as well as planned, but it’s unclear how much the minor gaffes will actually matter.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

Why the hell is CNN—which purports to be a news organization—pretending that NBC is live casting the Olympics?

The athletes gathered at the London Olympics have sacrificed much of their lives training to excel at their sports. But most also have extraordinary genetic advantages.

The campaign silly season took a trip across the pond.

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

Nick Cohen dubs this year’s London Games the “Censorship Olympics.” Had he called them the “London Censorship Olympics,” the “2012 Censorship Olympics,” or titled the piece “Censorship Takes London Gold” he might have faced civil or criminal penalties.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

Isn’t the bottom line here that Romney and his campaign just screwed up?

Mitt Romney’s campaign is mishandling their response to the Bain story, and hurting the candidate in the process.

A new report on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital seems to be much ado about nothing.

Sometimes, the law can be an ass.

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

The OMGWTFBBQ Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

Joe Biden says we can’t afford a president who has to learn foreign policy on the job.

Pat Summitt’s predecessor stepped down as head coach to work on her doctorate.

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

Mitt Romney has apparently realized that people don’t like him much, so he’s working to come across as less robotic.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

Ten hours later, the candidates seemed more combative than they had been the night before.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

He doesn’t do a very good job.

A new Tim Pawlenty television ad is raising copyright issues rather than, as intended, bringing back memories of the 80s.

Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.

For the first time since the end of World War II, the GOP is wrestling with two diametrically opposed visions of foreign affairs.