Outside the Beltway

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.

What could possibly go wrong?

Thad Cochran has been officially certified as the winner of the Mississippi GOP Primary Runoff Election, but it’s not over yet.

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

Discussions about immigration policy are, unfortunately, very much like Groundhog Day.

Emil Henry makes “The Case for Mitt Romney in 2016.”

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

The sad truth is that the bipartisanship that led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 no longer exists today.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

House Republicans go to war against marijuana in the District of Columbia

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

The people with the biggest voices in the GOP seem to be leading it to positions that most Americans disagree with.

The Kentucky Senator and former Vice-President are at the front of a battle that will unfold inside the GOP as we head toward 2016.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

The House leadership elections turned out about as expected, but we may be doing this all over again in five months.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Congressional elections have become “nationalized” to a far greater extent than they have ever been.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.

A new job for the Congressman recently filed by his own constituents?

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

There aren’t nearly as many “meta” lessons in Eric Cantor’s loss as pundits have been claiming.

Wisconsin’s Republican Governor isn’t very eager to talk about same-sex marriage these days.

Get ready for a big GOP Leadership fight in the House.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

The Texas GOP wants to “pray away the gay.”

The establishment wins one in Virginia, but that’s unlikely to help the GOP in November

Strange goings on in Ohio.

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

Is support for marriage equality now an issue that can benefit Democrats at the polls?

Public cynicism about politics at its very best.