Outside the Beltway

In a move that surprises nobody, the House voted today to repeal last year’s health care reform law. Now it goes to the Senate where it will die.

The first poll assessing the political impact of last week’s events is out, and it has good news for President Obama, and bad news for Sarah Palin.

George Allen is running for his old Senate seat.

Bipartisan seating at the State Of The Union is a pointless act of political theater. Then again, so is the State Of The Union Address itself.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

Palin’s “blood libel” speech continued to keep here in the conversation about Tucson, and not in a positive way.

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

By this point in the last presidential cycle, there were already 14 major party candidates who had publicly announced. There are zero today.

Yet more ridiculous political commentary arising out of the tragic shootings in Arizona.

It was, perhaps, inevitable that someone would attempt to draw a comparison between Saturday’s shootings in Arizona and the Oklahoma City bombing, but the two events really don’t have anything in common.

Over the past two days, Sarah Palin has become the center of the media firestorm over the tragic shootings in Arizona, she doesn’t belong there.

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona has started another debate about political rhetoric. It’s a stupid debate, and it’s utterly pointless.

Palin’s infamous “target” poster recycles a theme used by both parties over the years.

The Republicans are increasingly the party of white America. That’s short term good but long term bad for the GOP.

President Obama’s selection of Bill Daley as Chief of Staff is being seen as a sign that the White House is moving to the center and gearing up for 2012.

Honest pundits will tell you that it’s simply too early to make useful predictions about the 2012 elections.

Why is the press gushing over routine movement in White House team?

President Obama is likely to issue a signing statement in order to keep his Gitmo options open.

The next round in the health care reform wars is about to start.

President Obama likes to go back to his Hawaii home town and live like a regular guy for a few days.

The reaction to President Obama’s recent recess appointments provide us with yet another example of bipartisan hypocrisy.

President Obama was correct to commend the Eagles for giving Michael Vick a chance to redeem himself.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton top Gallup’s lists of Most Admired Americans.

Hawaii’s new Governor is taking on the Birther myth.

Frustrated that it couldn’t achieve desired environmental legislation despite huge majorities in both Houses of Congress, the Obama administration has decided to govern by executive fiat.

The new year will bring major changes to the White House Staff.

The Presidency has lost the aura of mystique that used to surround it, and that’s a good thing.