Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

Iran’s currency has collapsed and there are riot police in the streets of Teheran. It appears the sanctions may just be working after all.

22 years ago today, I was battalion duty officer for the 1/27 Field Artillery in Babenhausen in what, a few hours earlier, was West Germany.

Seriously, how did this guy ever get elected to Congress?

When Jerry Seinfeld writes a letter to the editor, the editor publishes the letter. Really.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

For no apparent reason, the presidential race is tightening ahead of tonight’s first debate, according to two reputable national polls.

Some of the NFL’s heftier players do not appreciate the new form-fitting jerseys introduced this season.

A new study looks at the reasons why people are so belligerent in their online communications.

Ten years ago starting today, John Allen Mohammed and Lee Boyd Malvo began a crime spree that kept the D.C. area on a knife’s edge for three long weeks.

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.

A sign at a local Exxon station seemingly blames high gasoline prices on Barack Obama.

A victory for opponents of Pennsylvania’s Voter ID law, but likely only a temporary one.

Nate Silver offers a scenario where Obama and Romney each get 269 Electoral College votes.

Unseriousness and lack of conservatism from Paul Ryan.

Not surprisingly, television and reality don’t really coincide.

The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.

The response rates for opinion polling of all types has become incredibly low.

Annie Lowrey reminds us that our taxes will likely rise in January regardless of who wins the November election.

Virginia went Republican in every presidential contest from 1968 to 2004. It’s likely to vote for Barack Obama again five weeks from now.

Where’s the beef?

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

Getting to the heart of the problem from my POV (plus historical numbers).

The Presidency costs taxpayers a lot of money, but that’s been true for many, many years now.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game (more or less, anyway).

There are signs that some Romney supporters have already decided their candidate is going to lose.