Outside the Beltway

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

Over two days of speakers, not a single Republican has mentioned the Tea Party.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Paul Ryan did what he needed to do last night, but in the long run his speech will be lost to history.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Lindsey Graham: “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”

Seniors face a variety of economy-based difficulties–but let’s criticizes the media!

Once again, a Presidential election could be decided by the Buckeye State.

Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.

Paul Ryan pointed to a shuttered GM plant in his hometown as proof of Obama’s failed policies. The truth will make your head hurt.

Left with a choice between their hawkish foreign policy and their supposed commitment to fiscal conservatives, Republicans will, without fail, spend the nation into debt.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

Economic growth is the key to fixing many of our problems. Unfortunately, we’re not likely to see the kind of growth we need any time soon.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

Mississippi is more conservative than Massachusetts is liberal.

A graph on public debt making the rounds is being used to misdirect rather than clarify.

A new book by one of the Navy SEALs involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden differs significantly from the official version put forward by the government.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

It’s official.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Security at the Republican Convention in Tampa looks more like a war zone than a political convention in a democratic republic.

A 44-year-old Montana man went into traffic dressed as Bigfoot. It did not end well.

Mitt Romney visited an Ohio coal mine to promote jobs in the industry, unwittingly showing why a job in the industry sucks.

Will an MRI of your brain someday be able to tell if you’re lying? And, if it can, should it be admissible in Court?

Mark Levin provides the latest example.

The Republican Party has apparently solved all of the nation’s real problems and decided it can waste time on nonsense.

Brookings Institute scholar William Galston says election night might end early this year even if the race remains tight.

Four idiot privates from Fort Stewart planned to take over the base, kill the president, and take over the government.

“To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.

Former US Senator Arlen Specter is reportedly hospitalized with “a serious illness.”