Outside the Beltway

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

Speaker Boehner wants to delay a vote on the ISIS war until January, but any such debate will be meaningless because Congress has already abdicated responsibility.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

Opponents of marriage equality clearly don’t like the idea of a “big tent” in the GOP on the issue.

One of last members of President Obama’s original cabinet is stepping aside.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Once again, Justice Ginsburg is telling people she has no plans to resign, but her explanation is a bit different this time.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

Chief Justice Roberts lamented recently that an increasingly partisan confirmation process could mean that Justices who have contributed much to the Court would not be confirmed today. He’s right.

The Kansas Supreme Court may have just upended the battle for control of the U.S. Senate

The GOP has bounced back significantly from the lows it experienced after last year’s government shutdown.

President Obama hits new job approval lows, while the GOP seems poised for success in November,

The Affordable Care Act is playing almost no role in the midterm elections.

A number of factors unique to 2014 make it likely that control of the Senate could be up in the air for months after Election Day.

Kansas’s highest court heard argument today in a legal dispute that could play a huge role in deciding who controls the Senate after November 4th.

So much for the President’s promise about ‘no ground troops.’

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

The Obama Administration’s legal justification for war against ISIS is laughably flimsy.

For purely political reasons, the Administration is delaying the announcement of new executive action on immigration.

The Kansas Senate race is becoming unexpectedly interesting.

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

As talk begins of expanding the war against ISIS into Syria, it is becoming long past time for Congress to exercise its Constitutional function.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

Some on the left are saying that Hillary Clinton isn’t doing enough to help Democrats in 2014.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

There are plenty of other factors that help our two major parties retain power.

Trouble in paradise for two of Hawaii’s top Democrats?

A big setback for Mississippi’s erstwhile Tea Party candidate for Senate.