Outside the Beltway

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

The Fat Lady Sings Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A commonly cited statistic in support of the “equal pay” argument does not stand up to scrutiny.

The President’s sixth State Of The Union Address was fairly low-key.

One could argue the constitutional requirements of the SOTU are fulfilled on an onging basis.

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

The likelihood of any action on gun control in 2014 is extremely limited

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Ted Cruz wants his fellow Republicans to follow him down the rabbit hole again.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says revealing that the United States is spying on its allies has undermined their trust.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

Without full transcripts, the excerpts released by the House Oversight Committee are worthless.

Sometimes it seems like all John McCain does is appear on Sunday morning news shows. The problem goes deeper than that, though.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

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

Emily DePrang looks back at “‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions.”

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

The post-Newtown momentum for gun control has slowed significantly.

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

Obama To Hold Google+ Hangout After State Of The Union; Biden to take gun questions from Field & Stream.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

We really don’t need to be treating Inauguration Day like it’s the coronation of a new King.

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.

Marco Rubio has some good immigration reform ideas. Will his fellow Republicans listen to him?

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

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

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

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

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

Once upon a time, Jimmy Carter was everyone’s favorite former president. Not so much these days, especially among other former presidents.

The Obama administration admits its push for the “Buffett Rule” is not about dealing with our budget woes.