Outside the Beltway

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

Some Republicans apparently still aren’t satisfied with the 2012 field.

Rick Perry may be much less than meets the eye.

The second round of the rolling Wisconsin recall elections was held yesterday. The Republicans are still in charge.

The electoral map should be making the Obama 2012 camp just a little bit nervous.

Are the new crop of GOP governors too conservative?

Once again, the primary scheduling race is getting ridiculous.

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

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

The Netherlands is considering a new animal cruelty law that would effectively ban kosher and halal slaughter practices.

James Arness, best known as the iconic Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died at 88.

Republicans seem to have realized that the Ryan Plan’s Medicare reforms aren’t going anywhere.

There are signs that the Ryan Plan isn’t playing well with the public.

The new CBS/NYT poll is out and the numbers are not exactly happy, no matter whom you support.

Sarah Palin was back speaking to a Tea Party crowd yesterday, but it just doesn’t seem like matters anymore.

Roger Ebert lays the smack down on the Atlas Shrugged film — but not for the reasons you’d think.

Judge Sumi’s TROs arise from a veritable cornucopia of error.

Paul Ryan unveiled an ambitious plan to cut the deficit today. The question is whether it will be the beginning of a debate, or an opportunity for Democratic demagoguery

Apparently in the Walker administration, one need not be qualified to get an $80k/year position.