Outside the Beltway

One pollster has called three battleground states 27 days early.

The arguments of the people claiming that every single poll showing Mitt Romney is unfairly biased do not stand up to scrutiny.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

Understandably, Republicans are becoming nervous about the way things are going for Team Romney.

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

So far, there’s very little movement in the polls for Governor Romney.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

The Romney/Ryan ticket has gained grown in Wisconsin and Florida, and is steady in Ohio, but they’ve got a Medicare problem.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

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

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s immigration announcement has been very well received among Latino voters.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

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

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

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

Mitt Romney won big in Illinois last night, and moved a big step closer to wrapping this race up.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

Signs that Newt Gingrich’s rise may be faltering.

The Electoral College doesn’t matter in the way pundits think it does.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

The partisan crowds like President Obama’s populist rhetoric but it seems ill-suited for his re-election strategy.

Is money the only thing that matters in post-Citizens United American politics?

A book could be written on this subject, but let me suggest the following as a good place to start

Of the institutions designed by the Framers, the electoral college is the one that deserves the least amount of defense if one’s defense is predicated on assumptions of the genius of said framers.