Outside the Beltway

He doesn’t do a very good job.

The rational thing to do is the make a deal that cuts spending and raises the debt ceiling. But how do we get there from here?

The electoral map should be making the Obama 2012 camp just a little bit nervous.

Economic figures released today demonstrate clearly why the irresponsible talk surrounding the debt ceiling must end.

If Mitt Romney looked in the rear view mirror he might just see Rick Perry gaining on him.

More thoughts on deficits.

It is always useful to go inside the numbers.

Somebody has an odd idea of “inspirational.”

Members of Congress are calling Erick Erickson for advice and absolution?

The main problem remains the House.

A European anti-Muslim blogger observes, ‘It is clear that Anders Behring Breivik is one of us.'”

I no longer have any confidence that our leaders will act responsibly before the August 2nd debt ceiling deadline.

Christine Lagarde believes the impact could be large and global.

Steven Metz muses, “Scholars argue that too much political mobilization can make democracies dysfunction. Is that where the US is today?”

Barack Obama’s biggest enemy in the debt negotiations has been himself.

The Supreme Court is being asked to decided if Congress can overrule a foreign policy position the U.S. has held since 1948.

Contrary to myth, China holds only 8 percent of US federal debt.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

Their mouths were moving, but nothing of substance was coming out.