Outside the Beltway

At nearly $4 million for a 30 second spot, advertising on the Super Bowl is a bargain.

I have over the years been both editor and edited; currently, I’m both, often in the same day. Some thoughts on the relationship.

The Weekly Standard is proud that Mitt Romney’s intentionally false Jeep ad was technically true.

Monday, The Atlantic published and took down a sponsored article from the church of Scientology. Yesterday, it admitted it had “screwed up.”

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

In a show of marketing savvy that put Detroit where it is, Lincoln is rebranding itself as Lincoln.

Naturally, most of us are asking: What does this mean for next Tuesday’s election.

A recent poll has Obama and Romney tied among women. Another gives Obama a 33 point edge.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Newsweek is joining US News in getting out of the printed magazine business, leaving Time as the last old American newsweekly standing.

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

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

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

The recent;y concluded party conventions are further evidence that the events have largely outlived their usefulness.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

It’s Obama’s race to lose, not a coin toss.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

POLITICO has a new eBook on the Obama campaign and wants you to buy it.

Facebook’s stock has lost nearly 50% of its value since the company went public, and the plunge probably isn’t over.

Dan Balz summarizes what has been “A most poisonous campaign” and is likely to get much worse before it gets over.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

The novelist, playwright, and social critic Gore Vidal has died, aged 86.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

While the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United has been blamed for the massive increase in money in this year’s campaign, it really wasn’t the culprit.

By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.

The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.