Outside the Beltway

New polling shows that Mitt Romney is well behind the Fox News candidates for 2012.

The repeal of DADT may open the doors for ROTC to return to many elite institutions, if cost doesn’t get in the way.

The Congress has passed a repeal of DADT.

According to two new polls, Sarah Palin has absolutely no chance of beating Barack Obama in 2012. So, why does it look like she’s going to run anyway?

There’s plenty of good news for Barack Obama in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.

Are Marco Rubio, Haley Barbour, and Mike Huckabee the favorites to win the White House?

The incoming House Republicans aren’t making a good first impression.

Marine Commandant James Amos is going all-out to keep gay Marines in the closet, saying allowing them to serve openly could get men killed.

A new poll shows that the American public is discontented, nervous about the economy, not entirely sure they can trust the new GOP majority in Congress, and has no idea what it wants from Washington. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

There are milestones in life that show how old you are.

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and, when it comes to the debate over the extension of the Bush tax cuts, anti-tax Republicans are making common cause with soak-the-rich progressives.

John Boehner’s whining about being called a “hostage taker” by President Obama is reminiscent of Newt Gingrich’s whining about being “snubbed” on Air Force One.

Republicans were largely silent during the Bush Administration as spending went out of control. Will they do that again?

Democrats can’t stop using the F-word when talking about President Obama.

Krauthammer thinks Obama tricked the GOP into agreeing to Stimulus II.

As things stand right now, the dynamics don’t look good for President Obama in 2012

Did Obama’s tax cut deal demolish the Republican charge that he’s a radical? Not hardly.

Even though it will likely be unsuccessful, a primary challenge against President Obama could end up harming him enough to hand Republicans the White House in 2012.

Amid signs that Democrats in Congress might rebel against the tax cut deal he struck with Republicans, President Obama took to the airwaves today to defend it at the same time that his base is rebelling against it.

Is Obama really the most liberal President ever? Not really.

President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?

President Obama and the GOP have reached a deal on extending the Bush tax cuts that gives the GOP virtually everything it wanted.

According to a new Gallup poll, President Obama is not only less popular than George W. Bush, but the only president from the last half century less popular is Dick Nixon.

The Senate rejected an effort to limit the extension of the Bush tax cuts based on income level. At this point, the only question is when Democrats will concede defeat on this debate.

The commander-in-chief, secretary of defense, and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff all support removing the ban on gays in the military without further delay. A long-awaited Pentagon study showed no reason not to do so. But three of four Service chiefs disagree.