Outside the Beltway

The Imperial Presidency didn’t start with Barack Obama, but his PPACA “fix” does much to expand it into questionable new territory.

A contrite President Obama offered a “fix” for one of the biggest problems that the PPACA has created.

With just over two weeks today, rumors are starting to float out that the efforts to fix the Federal Exchange website may not be done in time.

Ken Cuccinelli still hasn’t called to congratulate Terry McAuliffe. Why does this odd custom continue?

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

NSA Director General Keith Alexander really doesn’t like the idea of a free press.

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

Republicans appear to be uniting behind a short-term plan to deal with the debt ceiling, but seem okay with keeping the government shutdown going forward.

Signs that investors are starting to get nervous about the lack of action coming out of Washington.

63% are angry at Republicans, 57% are angry at Democrats, and 53% are angry at President Obama.

The Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia wants a quick end to the Government Shutdown.

There’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

Chris Christie had some words about the crisis in D.C., and they almost sound like they could be part of a 2016 campaign message

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

The federal government won’t have money to pay its workers come Tuesday but it’ll spend like a drunken sailor on Monday.

McAuliffe pulling away?

Cathy’s husband and Jess’ father, Jer, was killed in the shooting spree at the Navy Yard.

The United States and Russia have agreed to the framework of a deal to turn over Syrian chemical weapons.

A gun rights victory at the ballot box in Colorado.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.

Washington Post Magazine profiles a local woman with a horrible secret: her father designed and ran Auschwitz.

The long investigation into rape at the Naval Academy has revealed some ugly truths.

With Congress coming back Monday, the prospective vote counts are decidedly against authorizing military force against Syria.

Things aren’t looking good for President Obama in the House of Representatives.

Federal civilian employees are set to get a 34 percent pay raise. The mean old man in the White House is taking it away.

The award-winning political science group blog The Monkey Cage is moving under the masthead of the Washington Post:

The VA created an incentive system that rewarded fast, half-assed claim processing that denied complicated requests.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

Bradley Manning will be spending a long time at Leavenworth.