Outside the Beltway

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

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

The current Congress is on course to be the least productive in decades.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

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

My review of Andrew Bacevich’s latest book, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.

The “Hastert Rule” isn’t the reason Speaker Boehner isn’t bringing a “clean” CR up for a vote, political survival is.

A comment from one Congressman sums up the attitude of the small group of Congressman and Senators who have placed us in this situation.

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

It looks for all the world as if the House GOP Caucus isn’t really under the control of the leadership.

The Federal Budget Deficit appears headed in the right direction, for now.

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

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.

The sequestration cuts are fast approaching, and the political battle is continuing.

Pretending like the Bush administration never happened is a problem for the GOP.

The House GOP is moving in an ever more dangerous direction.

Are we really going to do this again? The answer appears to be yes.

Our politicians have averted an artificial crisis of their own making. The next one’s in two months.

You can’t always get what you want.

Automatic tax hikes and spending cuts took effect at midnight. A deal involving the executive and half of the legislative branch could largely reverse them.

The Tea Party guys had a bad year.

Obama shows some spine.

Norm Ornstein may have written the sillest op-ed of 2012.

Radical tax groups secured a Pyrrhic victory last night.

Grover Norquist has seriously undercut the credibility of the ATR anti-tax pledge.

From a political point of view, the GOP’s position on taxes makes no sense at all.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

Perhaps we should take a pass on trying to reach a deal on resolving issues propelling us toward the Fiscal Cliff.

Whenever a Republican mentions the ‘Bush tax cuts,’ they should also talk about going back to the ‘Clinton tax rates.’

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.

More signs of cracks in the wall of GOP resistance to tax increases.

Republicans need to realize that they are at a disadvantage in the upcoming negotiations regarding the Fiscal Cliff.