Outside the Beltway

Todd Akin continues to give Republicans headaches.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

A dubious distinction.

Does it matter if political leaders like each other on some personal level? Sometimes it does.

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Newspaper endorsements are getting a lot of attention in the closing days of the campaign, but do they really matter?

This campaign has gone to the birds.

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

When and how often must they disclose their relationship? And can we take them seriously at all?

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

Mitt Romney is showing signs that the negative attacks from the Obama camp are getting to him.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

Can anyone bring the primary debate schedule under control?

Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

Rick Perry placed his cowboy boots firmly on the third rail of American politics.

The groups we supported were defeated by the Taliban in the civil war that followed Soviet withdrawal. The Taliban and Usama bin Laden were supported by the separate “Sayyaf” group of Mujahideen supported by Saudi Arabia and Deobandi fanatics in Pakistan.

Obama is visiting Brazil and Chile while American fighting men join the coalition against Libya.

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

Would troops to Mexico help in the drug war?

According to Gallup, there was a ten point move in the public’s preference on the Generic Congressional Ballot between last week and this week. What’s more likely is that Gallup is making a mistake somewhere.

Glenn Greenwald argues that the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate is about more than just a “mosque” near Ground Zero. He’s right, but that also means the debate is likely to get uglier.