Outside the Beltway

Between the polls and the state of the economy, It’s rather obvious why the Obama campaign keeps trying to change the subject.

Carbon emissions in the U.S. have declined just as use of natural gas in electricity production has increased. That’s no coincidence.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Alex Pareene’s quip that “Aaron Sorkin is why people hate liberals” has gone viral.

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

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

Provisions in the Affordable Care Act may cause the entire statutory scheme to collapse.

Virginia could be the state that decides who controls the United States Government.

The Romney campaign has apparently decided to be more aggressive in its attacks on the President, which poses serious risks for the campaign.

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.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

Rush Limbaugh made perhaps one of the dumber comments I’ve seen from the right about the entire Bain Capital story, and managed to display an apparent inability to use Google to look things up.

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

The people trying to undo the Defense Budget sequestration cuts are making some pretty weak arguments.

Once again people are saying that 2012 is an election year akin to 1860 or 1932. Once again, they are wrong.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

Mitt Romney’s intransigence over releasing more tax returns is politically stupid.

The Romney campaign is trying to shift the narrative.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s alleged involvement in moving companies overseas is entirely phony.

There are some glaring omissions from a recent list of television’s “most powerful” moments.

A new poll reveals a stark gap between the voting preferences of married and unmarried voters, but that shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

The President could describe his tax plan differently, but there’s a reason he isn’t.

Get ready for the battle over the Bush Tax Cuts to start up yet again.

John Boehner speaks an inconvenient, for Mitt Romney at least, truth.

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama traded barbs over the June jobs report, but neither one seems to have the answer to our problems.

With four months to go until Election Day, the Obama Campaign was greeted with a very dismal jobs report this morning.

There are signs out there that people are becoming some what more optimistic about the outlook for the economy.

Democratic rhetoric since the Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare raises the question of whether they made a political mistake.

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

Who benefits from the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare ruling?