Outside the Beltway

If the Department of Justice does not fully comply with Congressional subpoenas, then there seems to be no alternative other than holding the Attorney General in contempt.

The President’s comment that the private sector is “doing fine” continues to be a topic of discussion.

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

The President seems to think the private sector is doing fine. He couldn’t possibly be more wrong.

Bill Clinton walks back his comments about extending the Bush Tax Cuts in the most unbelievable manner possible.

Republicans apparently think that re-running the 2008 campaign, just more efficiently or more ruthlessly, will work this time. Here’s why it won’t.

87% of those who gave at least $200 to Barack Obama in 2008 have not yet done so in 2012.

A spate of bad economic news foretells a shift in the campaign for President.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

Bill Clinton is the latest Democrat to defend private equity, and Mitt Romney’s business record. It would appear this meme is on its last legs.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

A new book about the President details his marijuana use in High School and at Occidental College.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

Is President Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage helping to create a change in opinion on the issue among African-Americans?

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.

Does the fizzled out Facebook IPO tell us anything about the state of the economy? Not really.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Figuring out how much of the opposition to a black president is based on racism is . . . complicated.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

The “Clinton-Biden Switcheroo” Scenario is the pundit’s fantasy that will not die.