Outside the Beltway

Even leaving aside the fact that it is far too early to be making such assessments, the idea that Rand Paul is the front runner for the Republican nomination in 2016 fails the logic test.

The GOP donor class would like the 2016 race to be short and sweet, but that’s unlikely to happen.

Texas has joined with 16 other states in a lawsuit against the Obama Administration over the President’s executive action on immigration. At first glance, it doesn’t appear to have much legal merit.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

Former Senator Jim Webb is the first Democrat to kinda, sorta, throw his hat into the ring for 2016.

Same-sex marriage advanced in Kansas and South Carolina yesterday, and will soon be law in Montana, but the Supreme Court is what matters now,

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

An unsurprising ruling from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that only seems to bring closer the day when same-sex marriage will be legal nationwide.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

A disappointing setback.

In many states, there aren’t really any races at all this year even if both parties have candidates on the ballot.

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

The nastiest campaign ad of the 2014 cycle is here, and Wendy Davis should be ashamed of it.

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

The die is cast.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

It has nothing to do with winning, but it does have a lot to do with the foreign policy debate inside the Republican Party.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

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.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

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

After appearing to be at the end of his political career, Thad Cochran has pulled off a surprising victory over his Tea Party backed challenger.

Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

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

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

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

The President’s well-intentioned campaign against military sex crimes has backfired.

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