Outside the Beltway

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Newt Gingrich is very popular among young conservatives. But two ugly divorces will keep him from being a contender for the presidency.

House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any litigation regarding the Affordable Care Act. It’s a phony argument, but that’s because it has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal ethics.

Four Senators who just happen to be up for re-election next year are silently looking for alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

Rep. Jane Harman is leaving Congress to become president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

TSA screeners will now have the right to join a union. Or at least a union that can’t actually negotiate much of anything.

While most Americans consider themselves “conservatives,” some conservatives exclude most Americans from the definition.

Virginia will petition the Supreme Court to bypass the normal appellate process and hear the appeal of its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act early.

No, the legislation does not in any way “suggest that some kind of rape that would be okay.”

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak responded to mass unrest by cutting off his people from the outside world. Do we really want an American President to have the same power?

The initial instant reaction to the President’s speech last night was largely positive, but does it really matter?

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?

The night before the State Of The Union Address, Barack Obama is in a far better position than many people thought he’d be after November’s election results.

Once again, it looks like efforts to reform the Senate’s filibuster rules have fallen victim to that old devil politics.

Demanding that the new GOP House hold the line at the current number is satisfying rhetorically, but all-but-impossible politically.

After a fairly bad 2010, Barack Obama is starting off 2011 in a very good position.

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.

Joe Lieberman will not run for a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.

Sarah Palin was “interviewed” by Sean Hannity last night. I doubt she helped herself.

As noted recently, whites are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. Some black Democrats think it’s time to take affirmative action.

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.

The current approach of the GOP to health care is not dissimilar to its approach to fiscal policy: not a lot of substance.

George Allen is running for his old Senate seat.

There is a problem with political rhetoric in this country, but telling people to be nicer to each other isn’t going to cool it down.

A poll that came out late last week purports show that Palin’s speech helped her public image. However, if we look at the numbers, that claim is a weak one.

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.