Outside the Beltway

Several Senators who voted against the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill have suffered in the polls, but it’s unclear if that matters in the long run.

The politics of gun control is not nearly as easy as its supporters believe it to be.

There’s a very simple reason why gun control is stalling in Congress despite its popularity in the polls.

The prospects for gun control appear to be dimming.

Providing a little context for Pope Francis’ background+Erick Erickson needs to learn a little history.

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

The ultimate impact of the Newtown tragedy on the nation’s gun laws is likely to be very limited.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

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

A victory for advocates of Voter ID laws in a Washington, D.C. Federal Court.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

The argument that Barack Obama hasn’t been vetted is simply absurd.

The NYT has an interesting piece on the ongoing limted v. big governemnt debate.

This week we learned that even breast cancer can become politicized. Is there anything that can’t at this point?

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Herman Cain’s bizarre loyalty to his Campaign Director is one of the reasons he is unfit to be President.

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.

Paul Krugman chose to mark the the 10th anniversary of September 11th with an odd blog post.

The Sarah Palin bloom seems to be off the rose.

Meet your new Republican frontrunner.

How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

Part of a speech that Mitch Daniels made in 2009 is setting off a firestorm among some conservative bloggers.

Erick Erickson questions Jon Huntsman’s loyalty to America.

George Allen is running for his old Senate seat.

Yet more ridiculous political commentary arising out of the tragic shootings in Arizona.

Virginia Senator Jim Webb is the last of a dying breed of Democrats, but his party may need him if it wants to remain competitive anywhere outside of a Blue State.

The Associated Press tells its reports to stop using the phrase “Ground Zero Mosque.” That’s a good thing.

Will LeBron James’s departure push upset Ohioans to the right ?

Once again, the knives are out for Michael Steele after his recent Afghanistan gaffe.