Outside the Beltway

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

McAuliffe pulling away?

The race for Governor in Virginia is tightening, and Libertarian Party nominee Robert Sarvis is one of the reasons why.

Americans tell pollsters that hate Congress, but they never seem to do anything about it.

Another poll shows the President’s poll numbers dipping.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

California’s senior senator comes to the right conclusion through the wrong reasoning.

Presidential honeymoons aren’t what they used to be, and President Obama’s second term honeymoon isn’t likely to last very long.

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

The Romney campaign doesn’t seem too confident of its path to victory.

Democrats Barack Obama and Tim Kaine have gained momentum in Virginia in weekend polling.

Republicans already seem to be blaming Hurricane Sandy in the event Mitt Romney loses.

Could Romney win Ohio by ginning up Republican turnout and tamping down Democratic votes?

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Mitt Romney has ground to make up if he’s going to catch the President and there’s not much time left to do it.

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

With sixteen days to go, the race for President is tied.

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

Some interesting movement in early post-debate polling.

Once again, the Keystone State is teasing the GOP.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?