Outside the Beltway

Incumbency is a powerful advantage.

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

For the fourth time in 30 years, an American President spoke at Normandy to honor a day of sacrifice and triumph.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

Romney 2016? Anything’s possible, but probably not.

At least on Capitol Hill, the political middle is dead and buried.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

The opening to China was entirely Richard Nixon’s idea. Henry Kissinger opposed it vehemently.

A certain wealthy man with good hair is doing very well in a meaningless poll.

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

Another Federal District Court ruling on the Constitutionality of the NSA’s data mining program, this time more favorable to the NSA.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

Ron Fournier sees major similarities but ignores key differences.

In 1789, George Washington took office after being elected by only a small portion of the population of the U.S. Does that mean he wasn’t “democratically elected?”

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

The margin in the Virginia Attorney General’s race is, quite literally, razor thin.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

The pioneering journalist David Frost has died, aged 74 years.

Chris Christie waded into the debate going on in the GOP over foreign policy. His comments were less than helpful to say the least.

A George W. Bush renaissance? Not exactly.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

The former Republican Senator and current Independent governor has come full circle.

Former Senator Bob Dole joins the list of those not too happy with the current state of the Republican Party.

For several years, Tea Party and other conservative groups have contended that they were being targeted for investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and it turns out that they were right.

Apparently, Benghazi has not faded (at least not for some).

There seems to be an effort underway to reassess the legacy of our 43rd President.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

The final release of President Lyndon Johnson’s tape recordings reveals a bizarre plot.

Andrew Bacevich bemoans the social impact of the all-volunteer force.

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

John Boehner speaks an inconvenient, for Mitt Romney at least, truth.

It’s a wonder the Constitution gets followed at all.