Outside the Beltway

National Review’s Keith Williamson can’t fathom why Alpha Male Mitt Romney is having so much trouble beating Girly Man Barack Obama.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

Jonathan Bernstein didn’t make any predictions about the Wisconsin primary but wants you to know that, if he had, he would have been wrong.

Todd Akin says he will continue to be the Republican nominee for United States Senate from Missouri.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

Ironically, the Congressman was trying to avoid actually taking a stand on the question of abortion in the case of rape.

If you can name at least one of these people, you know more than two-thirds of your fellow citizens.

When and how often must they disclose their relationship? And can we take them seriously at all?

POLITICO has a new eBook on the Obama campaign and wants you to buy it.

The Justice Department has approved Virginia’s completely useless voter ID law.

Maybe the real problem this year isn’t that the campaign is unduly nasty, but that it’s incredibly petty.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

Charges that the Obama administration leaked classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid for political gain are bunk.

As far as the law is concerned, your social media accounts aren’t private at all.

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

While Republicans talk about family values, Chuck Schumer is busy promoting them one staffer at a time.

Two groups of former special operations soldiers are opposing Obama. Their military bonafides are not their most interesting credentials.

John Cole takes exception to my recent summary of recent Obama campaign highlight.

We have met the enemy, and it’s most likely us.