Outside the Beltway

Disturbingly large percentages of Republicans still don’t think the President was born here.

Mitt Romney is likely to put considerable distance between himself and his opponents tomorrow.

Not surprisingly, the race in the Buckeye State is tightening.

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that anyone will have the race for the nomination wrapped up any time soon.

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

Scotch consumption is a leading economic indicator.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

The first shot in a Constitutional showdown has been fired.

The rules that Republicans will be playing under in 2012 are far less revolutionary than some pundits would have you believe.

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.

Except, of course, the parts he doesn’t like.

A story from Tennessee raises further questions about the role of government.

Grover Norquist has become the target of blame for problems that are far more deep than just one man.

The TSA is deploying VIPR units to weigh stations and bus stations in TN.

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

We’re getting close to the point where only two people on this stage will matter.

The Obama campaign’s new “Attackwatch” site is the latest Outrage Of The Day

The House GOP has scheduled a vote next week on a debt ceiling package that is solely designed to mollify the base.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

Will Joe Biden be on the podium with Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic convention, or will there be a new running mate?

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

States are racing to put obstacles in front of voters in the name of fraud prevention.

Dennis Kucinich and nine other Members of Congress are suing the President. They won’t get very far.

Where’s the line when a public figure interacts with a teenage fan?

The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.

Romney wants to make a federalism based argument for why his MA health care bill is good, while the PPACA is tyrannical. However, just saying that is not an argument.

An increasing number of bright observers are questioning the notion that everyone needs to go to college.

With the Draft only 27 days away, multiple lawsuits pending, and the lockout only in force for a few weeks, the NFL announced that an agreement on a new CBA had been reached with players.

The Big Bird Flips Big Bird Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

President Obama’s new budget involves nothing less than a thumb in the eye of anyone who hoped he would seriously address federal spending in his first term.

As the night of the State Of The Union Address approaches, the silliness in Washington has been taken up a notch.

Inevitably, the Nazis made an appearance during yesterday’s debate over health care reform in the House. It’s time for it to stop, or at least time for the rest of us to stop taking seriously anyone who resorts to such arguments.

Martin Luther King’s historic “I Have a Dream” speech was, like a political stump speech, crafted and polished over months and years of delivery.

We’re producing more PhDs and JDs than there are full time openings for professors and lawyers.