Outside the Beltway

The quadrennial political conventions have become, long, boring, tedious, and largely predetermined. It’s time to shake things up by making them a lot shorter.

Entirely unsurprisingly, the shooting at the Family Research Center’s office in Washington, D.C. is already being politicized.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

There’s a large group of people out there that like the President, but they’re probably not going to vote.

Despite all of the gaffes, jobs reports, and various twists and turns that so fascinate pundits, the race has remained essentially unchanged since April.

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

The Obama campaign told a few fibs in its effort to distance itself from a controversial Priorities USA ad.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

The new Red Dawn promises to be even sillier than the first.

While women are more visible at the 2012 Olympics than any past games, there are still cries of “sexism.”

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

Romney’s foreign tour didn’t go quite as well as planned, but it’s unclear how much the minor gaffes will actually matter.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

The Romney campaign has hurt the press corps’ feelings.

Why do we hold Nutella to a higher truth standard than our presidential candidates?

Justice Scalia explains why the Supreme Court resists the idea of letting cameras into the court. He makes a persuasive case.

The Fort Hood shooter is being ordered to shave his beard or have it forcibly removed. It’s rather silly.

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

There are still three months or so go. The race is incredibly tight. And, voters are starting to really dislike both candidates.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

President Obama set off a firestorm by claiming business owners didn’t build “that.”

For some reason, George Zimmerman sat down for an hour-long interview last night.

Virginia could be the state that decides who controls the United States Government.

Several key members of the Syrian government were killed in a suicide bomb attack today in Damascus.

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.