Outside the Beltway

Today, there are many millions of Americans who can tell one Kardashian sister from another, but have no idea that Barack Obama has compiled the worst presidential record since Jimmy Carter.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

From a political point of view, the GOP’s position on taxes makes no sense at all.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

With just about a month to go before we hit the “Fiscal Cliff.” things don’t look good at all.

At this moment, Chris Christie is the most popular Governor in the country.

More signs of cracks in the wall of GOP resistance to tax increases.

Seems that the answer continues to be “no.”

Dean “Unskewed Polls” Chambers is back, and he’s as deluded as ever.

Not as much learning going on as one might like, to be honest.

Are two-term Presidencies the new normal?

Republicans need to realize that they are at a disadvantage in the upcoming negotiations regarding the Fiscal Cliff.

The GOP’s problems extend far beyond immigration.

Neither member of the Republican ticket seems to understand what really happened on Election Day.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

Political reality says that the Bush Tax Cuts for high income earners are likely doomed in the wake of the election, but the GOP will find it very hard to switch positions on this issue.