Outside the Beltway

Another poll shows the President’s poll numbers dipping.

Michelle Nunn is running for her dad’s old Senate seat.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

A Federal Judge wasn’t very pleased when Administration lawyers told her that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over the President’s drone policy.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

New Jersey’s highest court gets it right.

What can an incident at an elite New York party ten years ago tell us about race in America?

A new poll shows public approval for the Supreme Court nearing a all-time low.

Just as the auto industry has, painfully, had to learn to adapt to a new world, the city will as well even if that means becoming a shadow of its former self.

Some striking data to illustrate the role slavery played in the economy of the South.

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

An overweight Republican from the northeast is thinking about running for president. No, not that one.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

There really is no reason for Congress to confirm so many posts.

Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to take the stairs. The bastard.

There are over 1,000 Executive Branch positions requiring Senate approval. That seems excessive.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

Once again, the threat of the “nuclear option” appears to have had less megatonnage than some expected and others hoped.

Going back to the very beginning can be useful.

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

The 10th anniversary of McCain-Feingold teaches a lesson we should already have learned.

Thoughts on the immigration debate.

Thoughts on the Zimmerman verdict (or, more accurately, to reactions to the verdict).

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.