Outside the Beltway

If Mitt Romney looked in the rear view mirror he might just see Rick Perry gaining on him.

More thoughts on deficits.

It is always useful to go inside the numbers.

Somebody has an odd idea of “inspirational.”

Members of Congress are calling Erick Erickson for advice and absolution?

The main problem remains the House.

A European anti-Muslim blogger observes, ‘It is clear that Anders Behring Breivik is one of us.'”

I no longer have any confidence that our leaders will act responsibly before the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline.

Christine Lagarde believes the impact could be large and global.

Steven Metz muses, “Scholars argue that too much political mobilization can make democracies dysfunction. Is that where the US is today?”

Barack Obama’s biggest enemy in the debt negotiations has been himself.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decided if Congress can overrule a foreign policy position the U.S. has held since 1948.

Contrary to myth, China holds only 8 percent of US federal debt.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

Their mouths were moving, but nothing of substance was coming out.

Some history of the last 7+months.

Yes, the President is a key actor in the debt ceiling debate. However, the actual decision is a congressional one.

John Boehner and Harry Reid introduced their debt plans. Now, where do we go from here?

Does the 10th Amendment contain the answer to the same-sex marriage debate? Not really.

The Defense Business Board wants to do away with the pension at 20 years.

In the 80’s it was yachts, today it’s private jets. The argument is the same, and it’s still without merit.

European leaders have put another Band Aid on the Greek sovereign debt crisis while America’s leaders are trying to stave off a self-inflicted financial default.

By choosing to go it alone on a debt ceiling plan, the GOP is taking a big risk.