Outside the Beltway

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.

David Brooks tries to “describe what being a moderate means” in a way that most Americans would find puzzling.

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

A recent poll has Obama and Romney tied among women. Another gives Obama a 33 point edge.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have much sympathy for her former aide’s inability to “have it all.”

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

Should we stop televising political debates?

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

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

Not surprisingly, television and reality don’t really coincide.

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

Don’t hate the player, hate the game (more or less, anyway).

Both campaigns are trying to set the stage for Wednesday’s debate.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

Understandably, Republicans are becoming nervous about the way things are going for Team Romney.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.

Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.

Ronald Reagan was leading Jimmy Carter long before the two men met in Cleveland on October 28th, 1980.

A new round of polling has Obama in the lead and shows reasons why Romney’s supporters should be concerned, but it’s unclear how long any of this will last.

The GOP still hasn’t dealt with the legacy of George W. Bush.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are refusing to provide significant details about their tax plan. That’s a mistake.

The recent;y concluded party conventions are further evidence that the events have largely outlived their usefulness.

Last night, Bill Clinton hit one out of the park for the President Of The United States.

Some unpleasant news for the Democrats in a new poll.

The front page of Sunday’s NYT profiled Valerie Jarrett, the power behind the throne at the Obama White House.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

National Review’s Keith Williamson can’t fathom why Alpha Male Mitt Romney is having so much trouble beating Girly Man Barack Obama.

At some point, however, using the bad actions of the past to justify worse actions in the present has to stop.

Both campaigns seem to be focusing on an argument that the voters don’t want to hear.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Examining a history that might have been.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.