Outside the Beltway

Rand Paul’s initial mis-steps after winning the Republican primary seem to be largely behind him.

Ann Coulter has been dis-invited from a World Net Daily conference for her decision to speak at a convention sponsored by a gay conservative group.

Some Republicans are start to wonder if it’s such a good idea for their party to be so closely associated with the heated rhetoric surrounding the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory.

If the President looks worried, he has a pretty good reason.

You heard it here first, the GOP will not gain control of Congress in 2010.

Harry Reid has spent the summer trying to portray is opponent as a kook. So far, it’s working.

Republicans should hammer big themes — the loss of jobs, the poor health of the economy, reckless spending, increasing the size/scope of government, and tax increases — and avoid getting bogged down in policy details this campaign season.

Shockingly, the Tea Party as a generic movement is more popular than congressional leadership. Interestingly, the Democrats are still slightly more popular than the Tea Party and the Reps are in third.

According to a new MSNBC/Wall Street Journal poll, the public that will head to the polls in November is increasingly gloomy and pessimistic.

The results of last night’s Colorado Senate primaries should be causing Democrats to worry.

Another round of primaries last night made the playing field for November just a little bit clearer to see.

The Republican campaign against birthright citizenship doesn’t seem to be gaining the kind of support they expected.

Is the GOP really serious about changing the citizenship rules in the 14th Amendment ? Not likely.

The Republican Party is keeping relatively quiet on the Proposition 8 ruling. That’s a good idea.

Sharron Angle’s views about the role of religion in politics are disturbingly similar to those of people who believe that the Bible itself should be the law of the land.

Another bad jobs report demonstrates that the “recovery” is an illusion for many people.

What impact will Judge Walker’s decision on Proposition 8 have on politics in 2010 and beyond ?

Sharron Angle has moved on from Second Amendment solutions to First Commandment ones…

Despite her mis-steps, Sharron Angle still has a shot at beating Harry Reid in November

Missouri voters became the latest to express displeasure with the new health care reform law yesterday.

The Democrats are pulling a trick from the Reagan playbook for the fall campaign. They might want to rethink that.

As the campaign in Kentucky heats up for the final sprint to November, Rand Paul seems to have succeeded in moving beyond many of the mis-steps that plagued him three months ago.

American Conservatism has changed significantly since the days of William F. Buckley Jr. One former National Review editor says that it’s changed for the worse.

Democrats have not figured out how to use President Obama during the upcoming Mid-Term campaign, if at all.

The latest GDP numbers are nothing but bad news for Democrats.

Despite facing a thirteen-count ethics complaint, Charlie Rangel probably isn’t going anywhere.

Angle is smartly focusing her commercials on the economy, and it is helping her numbers.

Crist’s gamble continues to appear to have been a good one.