Outside the Beltway

In previewing a story about an Arkansas town fighting to keep phone booths, The New York Times explains what those are.

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

A Reuters political blogger has set tongues wagging about the possibility another First Lady might run for the U.S. Senate.

The EPA’s new carbon rules leave much to be desired.

A great American writer has passed away.

Once again, Washington politicians are pontificating about the Washington Redskins.

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

A new poll indicates that Democratic candidates are holding their own against Republican challengers in three southern states.

Another victory for marriage equality.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

Market Watch presents this infographic of “the most and least expensive states to live in the U.S.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Chelsea Clinton is pregnant, and once again America’s political pundits are making fools of themselves.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Huckabee resurgent? A new poll makes the case, but it’s far too early to say.

Rand Paul seems to think a 15 year old scandal is relevant to the 2016 Presidential race.

Former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie is challenging incumbent Senator Mark Warner for his Senate seat.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Is Mike Huckabee about to re-enter politics in a big way?

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

More bad poll numbers for the President and his party.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

Tommy Morrison, a boxing heavyweight champion from 1993 to 1995, has died at 44.

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.