Outside the Beltway

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

Cory Booker has not been quite as dominant in the New Jersey Special Election as many expected, but he’s still a virtual lock to win on Wednesday.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

Recent anti-corruption measures have contributed to making American government worse.

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton gave a speech that will most likely be remembered as the start of her 2016 Presidential campaign.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

In response to North Korean saber rattling and the rise of China, Japan is reassessing it’s military posture

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

President Obama threw down a gauntlet today in the form of a trio of Judicial nominations.

The United States is as politically polarized as it was in 1865.

The former Republican Senator and current Independent governor has come full circle.

What’s going on in England and Sweden?

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

ThinkProgress’ Hayes Brown reports that, contrary to his claim that he was demoted for speaking up on the Benghazi attacks, Gregory Hicks was instead demoted for being a bad manager.

After months of impasse, a new coalition has been formed in Italy.

Social conservatives are seeing their clout slip away, but there’s not much they can do about it.

The American people no longer seem to care if their political leaders are divorced.