Outside the Beltway

There’s little evidence that Vice-Presidential picks have as big an impact on elections as pundits seem to think.

If a new Gallup poll is any indication, Paul Ryan was not a great pick.

Both campaigns seem to be focusing on an argument that the voters don’t want to hear.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

A few more thoughts on the Romney VEEP pick.

He’s no Sarah Palin but Paul Ryan doesn’t make immediate sense as Romney’s running mate.

Mitt Romney is showing signs that the negative attacks from the Obama camp are getting to him.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

The presumptive Republican nominee has sent a strong and welcome signal about his governing philosophy.

The Obama campaign told a few fibs in its effort to distance itself from a controversial Priorities USA ad.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Romney’s new ad on a ruling issued by HHS on welfare-to-work requirements doesn’t pass the smell test.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Mitt Romney continues to have serious problems getting people to like him.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

Harry Reid is a scoundrel, not a hero.

Once again, people are demanding to see Barack Obama’s college transcripts for no good reason.

The war in Afghanistan has not been a topic of discussion in the Presidential campaign, but that’s largely because there’s not much left to talk about.

Drudge Report says Team Obama thinks CIA Director David Petraeus will be Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.