Outside the Beltway

Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Remember the border crisis? Yea, it’s not much of a crisis these days.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

Rick Perry is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border to do nothing.

Rick Perry is sending 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to the border for no apparent reason.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

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

That ball is in your court, Congress.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.

One of the longest serving Members of Congress just got his political career saved.

The junior Senator from Florida drops some hints.

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts has promised to serve her entire six-year term.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

Once again, some groups in Texas are trying to block approval of a science textbook because it is too deferential to Evolution.

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has endorsed “none of the above” for governor of Virginia.

Reports of the death of the Voting Rights Act have been greatly exaggerated.

Texas has become the latest state to attempt to restrict abortion rights, and North Carolina isn’t far behind.

Could Rick Perry recover from his disastrous 2012 campaign to become a viable candidate?

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around any more.

The Texas Legislature is putting up its controversial abortion bill again, but don’t expect things do end the way they did last week.

Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum apparently talked about uniting to stop Romney during the 2012 Republican primaries.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Ooops.