Outside the Beltway

A former Democratic state attorney general thinks Wisconsin’s Republican governor may have violated state ethics laws while on a prank phone call.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

There are a lot of issues on the table, so to speak, in the WI situation. Here I try to entangle them a bit.

Calls are growing for outside intervention in Libya but it’s unclear what can, or should, be done.

There are a number of signs coming out of Libya that indicate the regime is in serious trouble despite the willingness of the state to use violence on the crowds.

Either Andrew Breitbart controls the entire media complex or Crooks & Liars jumped the gun. “Figure it out.”

The crackdown in Libya is turning into a massacre.

The Gaddafi regime is facing its most serious challenge in its 41 year history.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

The Bahraini state appears willing to continue to use force against its population.

As in Baharain, the Libyan Government has reacted violently to the populist uprising sweeping the Arab world. The difference is the Libyans are doing it largely without anyone noticing

The unrest continues as those killed during protests are buried. Plus some facts about Bahrain.

Like in Bahrain, the Libyan authorities are not tolerating protests.

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

The Egyptian military is promising a quick transition to new civilian leadership. Will they live up to their promise?

Ellis Goldberg, a Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and an expert on Egyptian politics, has a pessimistic view about the likelihood that the military is interested in democratization.

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down — for reals this time.

While earlier in the day the indications were that Mubarak was on his way out, Mubarak himself had different plans it would seem. The question becomes: now what?

Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down. Things in Egypt may be about to get bad.

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is expected to step down after 17 days of pro-democracy protests.

Hosni Mubarak may hang on to some semblance of power longer than many expected in the middle of last weeks chaos, mostly because there are few other alternatives right now.

If Mubarak is driven from power, will that make Egypt a case of “revolution”?

Sarah Palin said something about the crisis in Egypt, but it’s not at all clear what she meant.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

The end game in Egypt may be beginning.

Kenneth Cole used a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cairo protests to promote its new spring collection.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.