Outside the Beltway

The Governors of Connecticut and New York are joining President Obama and Hillary Clinton in favor of a really bad idea.

The nurse who was detained by New Jersey officials in a quarantine despite not displaying any symptoms of Ebola is suing Chris Christie and others for civil liberties violations.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

Removing the responsibility to investigate police misconduct from the prosecutors who have to work with those police on a daily basis is a good idea.

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?

The Republican wave extended even to Governor’s races that, in any other year, they should have lost.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

After an avalanche of negative commentary, the Governors of New York and New Jersey have modified their policy regarding quarantining people returning from west Africa.

The first person to be quarantined under the new policy announced by New York and New Jersey is raising concerns about the way she was treated, and whether the policy is even the right idea.

A surprise move from Governors Christie and Cuomo that sounds like a good idea but may not be as effective, or legal, as it sounds.

New York State’s gun law takes rights away from nearly 35,000 people without any due process whatsoever.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

Obsessing over what a politician believed in the past accomplishes nothing.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

The Democratic field for 2016 is frozen in place waiting for the presumptive frontrunner to make a decision.

Tan, rested, ready, Biden in 2016?

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Anthony Weiner’s campaign for Mayor Of New York isn’t exactly getting off on the right foot.

The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.

For the moment, Hillary Clinton looks unbeatable if she chooses to run in 2016

The D.C. Circuit now has four vacancies out of eleven seats.

Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a 2016 presidential run. It’s a thin report.

It’s just a few days until the 2012 campaign ends, and the jostling for position for 2016 begins.

Largely because they are resisting efforts to hold them accountable for their performance, Chicago’s teachers are leaving 400,000 students locked out of school.

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

New York’s Governor is proposing a change in the law that could spare thousands of people a year from an unnecessary trip through the legal system.

Does Joe Biden think he can succeed his boss?

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

Another weak GDP report that portends stagnation ahead.

Will Joe Biden be on the podium with Barack Obama at the 2012 Democratic convention, or will there be a new running mate?

Not exactly an example of moral leadership.

The passage of a new same-sex marriage law has Democrats talking about Andrew Cuomo.

The British press takes a look at America’s Midterm Elections.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

In addition to Delaware, the Tea Party movement appears to have a shot to upset an establishment candidate in New York.