Outside the Beltway

Accusations of blame are already being tossed around about why Republicans lost in Virginia, and they mirror a broader debate in the Republican Party nationally.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

Even if it were functioning properly the Federal Health Care Exchange website would still have problems.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Two Boy Scout leaders toppled a rock formation at Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park that dates to the Jurassic period.

Conservatives gathered on the National Mall today to protest the closure of memorials, but their message seems really intended for Republicans in Congress to not back down.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

Thanks to the Supreme Court, your DNA cannot be patented.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

Tax analyst Martin A. Sullivan finds that 1/3rd of “potentially political applications” approved by the IRS were from non-conservative groups.

Mitt Romney returns from the political graveyard.

Filling normal vacancies on the bench is not “packing the court.”

A McDonald’s hamburger has been in a man’s car trunk since 1999. It still looks and smells the same as the day he bought it, minus the pickle.

The GOP’s most promising alternative to Mitt Romney in 2012 may run again in 2016, but it doesn’t seem like he’d go very far.

Once again, Utah’s former Governor is making sense.

No Labels is attempting to relaunch itself after amounting to exactly nothing in the 2012 cycle. Let me save you the trouble: They won’t matter in 2014 or 2016, either.

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

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

Newspaper endorsements are getting a lot of attention in the closing days of the campaign, but do they really matter?

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

Mitt Romney’s campaign schedule has been oddly light recently.

For some reason, Paul Ryan decided to talk about school prayer this weekend.