Outside the Beltway

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.

Tammy Smith has been promoted to brigadier general, thus becoming the first American general officer who also happens to be openly gay.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

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.

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

In calling for the sequestration cuts to be delayed, Republicans are demonstrating their lack of seriousness on the issue of fiscal responsibility.

Big news in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

A Federal case in Virginia is testing the boundaries of what constitutes protected speech in the digital age.

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.

While Washington dithers, business owners are starting to worry.

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

An object lesson in bureaucracy and the reason why infrastructure projects aren’t as easy to complete as some think.

What if things don’t ever get better?

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.

Cover Girl model Marlen Esparza was the first American woman to win an Olympic boxing match.

One year ago, the U.S. lost it’s AAA credit rating with S&P. There doesn’t appear to have been any real impact from that decision.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.