Sales Taxes On Internet Purchases Seem To Be An Inevitability
The days of tax-free online shopping are coming to an end.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Miranda, And The Public Safety Exception
What Miranda does and does not cover and what consequences follow if police do not comply.
A No Vote On Manchin/Toomey Is Unlikely To Hurt Any Senator
The odds that any of the Senators who voted no on Manchin/Toomey will pay a political price for doing so is low.
Why Rand Paul’s Filibuster Mattered
Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.
Guns to Protect us from Sharia
Silly things members of Congress say (plus musings on authoritarianism).
Republicans Blocking Hagel Nomination, For Now
For the moment, Republicans appear to be blocking Chuck Hagel’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense but they don’t seem to know why they’re doing it.
Hagel Will Be Confirmed, But The Hagel Battle Tells Us Much About The GOP
Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, but the campaign against him tells us much about the current state of Republican foreign policy
Plastic Bag Bans Have Unintended Consequences
Ramesh Ponnuru considers “The Disgusting Consequences of Plastic-Bag Bans.”
Bipartisan Senate Group Reaches Immigration Deal
A good start toward solving a long standing problem.
GOP Swings And Misses At Clinton Benghazi Hearings
Despite some tough questions, Congressional Republicans didn’t land a glove on Secretary of State Clinton.
No Labels in Need of a Label
No Labels is attempting to relaunch itself after amounting to exactly nothing in the 2012 cycle. Let me save you the trouble: They won’t matter in 2014 or 2016, either.
McCain and Hagel: United by Vietnam, Divided by Iraq
In “Veterans and Senate Buddies, Until Another War Split Them,” Elisabeth Bumiller profiles the relationship between Chuck Hagel and John McCain:
Judging The 2012 Preditions
Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.
Boehner Purges Wayward Republicans From Budget Committees
House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.
Supreme Court To Review Section Five Of The Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.
Why Romney?
Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.
GOP Unlikely To Grab Senate This Year, But They’ll Have Another Shot In Two Years
The GOP’s hopes of taking over the Senate in 2012 have all but slipped away, but there is another option.
Republicans, The Latino Vote, And Immigration
Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.
2012 Congressional Election Predictions
OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.
2012 Presidential Election Predictions
The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.
Romney Has An Advantage Among Independents
Mitt Romney has an advantage among self-identified Independents that makes writing him off at this point inadvisable.
Second Presidential Debate Instant Reaction
President Obama stopped the bleeding from the first debate.
Latino Voters Could Cost The GOP The White House And The Senate
Republican problems among Latino voters could have an influence on several close races this year.
New Jerseys Make NFL Lineman Feel Fat
Some of the NFL’s heftier players do not appreciate the new form-fitting jerseys introduced this season.
Supreme Court Faces Another Potentially Groundbreaking Term
The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.
Is ‘Benghazigate’ Hurting Obama?
Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.
Mitt Romney’s Ridiculous “God” Attack On Obama And The Democrats
Over the weekend, Mitt Romney was sounding more like Rick Santorum than himself.
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