Outside the Beltway

The Palin and Romney camps have already started trading barbs in what could be a preview of the race for the GOP nomination in 2012.

Nobody can really say whether the stimulus worked — or even define “worked” — but that doesn’t stop them from issuing pronouncements.

The results of a new poll may have President Obama worrying about 2012 already.

As if the Gulf Oil Spill weren’t enough, there are now allegations that BP played a role in the release of the only man convicted in the murder of 190 Americans.

American businesses are sitting on a big pile of cash, and giving no indication that they have any intention of spending it any time soon.

Former Vice-President Cheney has apparently entered a far grimmer phase of his chronic heart problems than many realized.

You’ve probably seen a lot of these signs popping up lately.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s approval numbers are now exactly the same as Gray Davis’ numbers in August 2003, two months before he was recalled by California voters.

One conservative argues that the “scandal” over the New Black Panther Party’s alleged voter intimidation is a tempest in a teapot.

More decapitation talk.

The Senate’s stonewalling of unemployment benefits extension makes no sense.

And we return, yet again, to specious comparisons to Hitler (and Lenin).

A common sense decision on broadcast “decency” standards was handed down by a Federal Appeals Court today.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.

France’s Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday. Untold blacks have done it since 1968.

The Obama Administration seems to be saying that “Blame Bush” will be at the core of their re-election strategy. Good idea ? Not really.

The President likely has some very bad poll numbers on his mind this morning.

Did felons voting illegally put Al Franken over the top in Minnesota? Probably not.

It’s time for the Gingrich For President speculation to begin again.

Since 9/11 there has been a steady trickle of stories about jihadists hooking up with Latin American drug cartels and the like. Here is a guide of story points that can help you identify when such a story is almost certainly bogus.

The Department of the Interior has, unwisely and unnecessarily, reimposed the ban on deep water offshore drilling.

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

Much like his pledge to close Guantanamo within a year, President Obama’s promised deadline to implement a “scientific integrity” program has come and gone.

There is an al Qaeda link to yesterday’s terrorist attack in Uganda.

The White House is making some very odd political choices in its response to the Arizona immigration law.

The evidence that humans are irrational continues to mount. What does this mean for self-governance?

Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee is starting to look more and more like the beginnings of a run for the White House.

Not only is Hezbollah taking up with the cartels, they appear to have a massive new geography-bending technology. As such, we are all doomed.

Revisiting the application of the Declaration.

Attorney General Eric Holder said today that the Federal Government retains the option of suing Arizona a second time if the state’s new immigration law is enforced in a discriminatory manner.

Is it really too much to ask that when people try to make arguments based on our country’s founding documents that they at least understand the passages that they are quoting?

American cops increasingly think they can harass innocents in the name of keeping us safe.

There are further signs that the economy will remain anemic through the end of 2010, if not longer.

Some people are saying that David Petraeus deserves promotion to a rank last held by Omar Bradley.

A new poll shows that Americans have some odd ideas about the Constitution, and how to change it.

Let’s revisit the question of crime levels in Arizona.

Where did Alvin Greene get the $ 10,000 for his Senate filing fee ? He got from you, Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer !