Outside the Beltway

Oz provides an excuse for some comparative politics.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Governor Jan Brewer says Arizona will hold its primary February 28, per state law. This violates Republican primary rules and will almost certainly set off a chain reaction.

Support for interracial marriage is now almost universal across America.

The “how to pay for it” part of the President’s jobs plan seems destined to be rejected by the GOP. Which may be exactly what the President wants.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

With the economy at the forefront of the public’s mind, the GOP needs to be careful in its response to President Obama’s new jobs bill.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet

In five days, Rick Perry has gone from calling Social Security a “monstrous lie” to saying we need to have a conversation about fixing it.

Rick Perry’s month in the GOP race for the White House has sent Michele Bachmann’s poll numbers into the basement.

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

Accusing someone of “politicizing” a discussion of 9/11 is like accusing someone of “athleticizing” a discussion of football.

Paul Krugman chose to mark the the 10th anniversary of September 11th with an odd blog post.

Not every 10th anniversary of a horrible surprise attack has been treated the same.

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

The short-lived national unity spawned by the attacks of a decade ago was re-kindled for a few hours as former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush joined with Vice President Joe Biden to honor Flight 93.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Many in the GOP do not like the idea of extending payroll tax cuts.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Karl Smith does the math and doesn’t see why the Federal government should be collecting ANY taxes right now.

Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall confirms that his site has been down since 5 pm owing to a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack.

A mustachioed German has once again sent the world into panic. This time, it involves euros not tanks.

Asserting the Social Security needs reform is one thing. Asserting its failure is another.

Whether it’s a “Ponzi Scheme” or not, Social Security has serious systemic problems that must be addressed.

For a peace envoy, Blair has some nonpeaceful ideas.

A Wisconsin DOT official sent out a memo telling DMV staffers not to volunteer the availability of free voter identification cards.

Not surprisingly, there was very little about the President’s jobs speech to write home about.