Outside the Beltway

President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?

Despite the recent media outrage over TSA search procedures, public attitudes on the subject remain largely supportive.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

Nancy Pelosi is strongly considering staying in Congress as Minority Leader. It’s her job if she wants it.

If you’re looking for a reason why the GOP is likely to do very well tomorrow, voter response to the “right track/wrong track” question is a very good guide.

National Republicans are reportedly abandoning Joe Miller’s Senate campaign at the last minute out of fear that only Lisa Murkowski can stop Alaska’s Senate seat from falling into Democratic hands. That could have a serious impact down the road for relations between inside-the-beltway Republicans and the Tea Party.

With polls opening in less than 48 hours now, the final pre-election polling is showing that 2010 is going to be a pretty bad year for Democrats.

Another poll confirms that Sarah Palin continues to be viewed negatively by the majority of American voters, but that doesn’t seem to matter to supporters who seem have a degree of adulation usually reserved for celebrities than serious politicians.

Nineteen years after they ended, the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill hearings are back in the news thanks to a voicemail that Thomas’s wife left for Professor Hill.

Responding to the rant that got Rick Sanchez fired, Slate’s Brian Palmer investigates the question, “Do Jews Really Control the Media?” His short answer, “Maybe the movies, but not the news.”

White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is leaving his job at week’s end to run for mayor of Chicago.

Sarah Palin had a very good track record in her primary season endorsements, but it’s not at all clear that she will have much of an impact on the 2010 General Election.

A new poll indicates that there are some disturbing motivations that seem to be associated with opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.

As the mid-term elections enter their final eight weeks, there’s more bad news for Democrats.

Terrorism dry-run or just weirdly packaged items and a few coincidences?

The guy who ran George W. Bush’s campaign and the Republican National Committee has realized after only 43 years that he likes dudes.

The signs point to 2010 being an even worse year for Democrats than 1994.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

In Court filings the Obama Administration is arguing that the health insurance mandate is a tax, and if they’re right the legal challenges to ObamaCare are dead.

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

Remember all those suddenly accelerating Toyotas ? Now, we’re learning the rest of the story.

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

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

There’s really only one story in Washington, D.C. today, and Stanley McChrystal is the star player.