Outside the Beltway

Could Romney win Ohio by ginning up Republican turnout and tamping down Democratic votes?

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

Mitt Romney has an advantage among self-identified Independents that makes writing him off at this point inadvisable.

Naturally, most of us are asking: What does this mean for next Tuesday’s election.

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

Newsweek is joining US News in getting out of the printed magazine business, leaving Time as the last old American newsweekly standing.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”

What’s the truth about last night’s debate exchange about Libya?

Once again, it seems necessary to debunk some commonly believed myths about polling.

Republican problems among Latino voters could have an influence on several close races this year.

Ten years ago starting today, John Allen Mohammed and Lee Boyd Malvo began a crime spree that kept the D.C. area on a knife’s edge for three long weeks.

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

There are signs that some Romney supporters have already decided their candidate is going to lose.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

Republicans will have some choices to make if President Obama is re-elected.

Public distrust of the media is at an all-time high. It’s easy to see why.

The reported Romney “reboot” doesn’t look very impressive.

In Rick Santorum’s brand of conservatism, no smart people need apply.

Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.

The Dos Equis guy is fundraising for Obama.

A new round of polling has Obama in the lead and shows reasons why Romney’s supporters should be concerned, but it’s unclear how long any of this will last.

A rather egregious case of misplaced priorities in Texas.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

Lindsey Graham: “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”

Will an MRI of your brain someday be able to tell if you’re lying? And, if it can, should it be admissible in Court?

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

Whether or not it’s proper to call the FRC a “hate group,” the persecution complex being displayed in the wake of Tuesday’s shooting is absurd.