Outside the Beltway

Did Joe Biden misspeak, or drop a hint that he shouldn’t have?

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

Billionaires have been free to donate as much money as they want to activist groups since the dawn of the Republic.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Should we just hand “marriage” over to churches and have civil unions for everyone else?

Maggie Gallagher’s anti-gay marriage argument is an example of pure conservative thinking.

A victory for proponents of same-sex marriage today in the Ninth Circuit.

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

Last night’s State Of The Union Address contained another unfortunate example of the prevalence of militaristic rhetoric in domestic politics.

Rick Santorum returns to his old ways when asked about same-sex marriage.

More in common than they might think.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

Unnamed “sources” claim that ACORN is somehow behind Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots.

Occupy Wall Street is not motivated by envy of the rich or even animus towards banks.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.

With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Chris Christie’s weight has become a political concern, apparently.

And, the week closes out with another round of rumors about New Jersey’s Governor.

Like clockwork, the arguments for creation of a third party are popping up again.

President Obama would like to sell you something.

Support for interracial marriage is now almost universal across America.

It never ceases to amaze me how many smart people manage to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that their political philosophy has massive support.

That a popular two-term governor of Utah is being rejected by likely Republican primary voters as insufficiently conservative shows just how extreme American politics has gotten.

Jon Huntsman is not going to be the Republican nominee in 2012, but he seems ready to carve out a niche for himself.

Last night’s debate was definitely more combative than previous renditions.

What you think you know about the U.S.-China trade relationship may not be entirely true.

Congress is failing to complete even simple tasks thanks to a bitter partisan divide.

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

Are the new crop of GOP governors too conservative?

Workers picketing a Chicago Hyatt hotel yesterday got an unpleasant surprise: Heat lamps.

Senator Al Franken called Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery a liar in yesterday’s hearing on DOMA. Franken was the one being dishonest.

It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.

The star of a controversial reality show about polygamy is suing to have Utah’s law that makes his living arrangement illegal struck down.

The Stephen Colbert Super PAC that began as a satire has now been blessed by the real FEC. What exactly this means is not yet clear.

Not exactly an example of moral leadership.