Outside the Beltway

Charlie Murphy, Eddie’s funny brother, has some interesting thoughts on racism and free speech in an interview with Esquire.

A pointillist look at the 2012 election results, which does a fairer job of illustrating where, how many, and how people voted in the election

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

The scandal now surrounding David Petraeus should lead people to reassess his past record.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

Political reality says that the Bush Tax Cuts for high income earners are likely doomed in the wake of the election, but the GOP will find it very hard to switch positions on this issue.

There are some expected and unexpected results in Nate Silver’s review of pollster accuracy in 2012.

Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes on high earners. Republicans think they have a mandate to stop him.

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

An attempt to lay down some basic groundwork for discussing this story.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

Once again, Senate Democrats are talking about filibuster reform, but will they actually follow through?

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

Any chance that the Affordable Care Act will be repealed died with the re-election of Barack Obama. But, there are other fights to come.

If the Romney campaign looked shocked on Election Night, that’s because they didn’t believe the polls either.