Outside the Beltway

Last night’s Republican debate is likely to raise more questions about Rick Perry in the minds of voters.

President Obama would like to sell you something.

Does the state have the right to regulate how many people you invite to your home?

Does America have a social contract? If so, is it broken?

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

It turns out DOJ didn’t have $16 muffins after all–they were just charged $16 for each muffin.

Based on the numbers, Barack Obama is an immigration hawk.

Making sure millionaires pay more tax than their secretary isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Rick Perry has faltered, and that has given Mitt Romney an opening.

Why talk to boring experts when you can, instead, air some more bickering?

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

The public supports the Presidents tax plans, but will that matter on Election Day?

Rick Santorum is tired of “filth” atop Google searches for his name and wants the company to do something about it.

The DOJ needs to go on a low-carb diet.

Historian J. David Hacker argues that the death toll from the US Civil War is much higher than we think.

Two-term New Mexico governor finally gets to share the stage with Herman Cain.

Rick Santorum: naked partisan. (Although, really, this is more a post about the EC than it is about Santorum).

President Obaama’s poll numbers are lower than where Reagan and Clinton were at this point, but not by very much.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

AP does a FACT CHECK: Are rich taxed less than secretaries? The answer: Generally speaking, no. But it’s complicated.

The top marginal rate was radically higher in recent memory.

Rick Perry is still the GOP frontrunner, but his status far from secure.

Bill O’Reilly makes a convincing argument for raising taxes on the wealthy.

When someone calls Obama a Marxist, they’re exposing their own ignorance.

The second half of the President’s political strategy is in place. Don’t mistake it for a serious legislative effort.

The decision to split Netflix into two companies makes no sense. Unless you look behind the scenes.

In a truly bizarre move, Netflix is spinning off the DVD-by-mail business that built them into an international brand and going stream-only. Those wishing to keep getting movies will have to sign on to something called Qwikster.

Yes, Barack Obama is running for a second term.

Paul Krugman seems to believe that something like the bubble economy we enjoyed until it burst in 2008 could be had again if only our leaders were sufficiently bold.