Outside the Beltway

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.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

Faced with mounting debt, the lame duck Illinois legislature rushed through a massive tax hike in the wee hours this morning.

It was, perhaps, inevitable that someone would attempt to draw a comparison between Saturday’s shootings in Arizona and the Oklahoma City bombing, but the two events really don’t have anything in common.

Palin’s infamous “target” poster recycles a theme used by both parties over the years.

Rumors are floating that Rudy Giuliani is thinking about running for President again. All of America asks, Why?

House Republicans want to do away with the increasing number of “czars” in the White House.

The filibuster reform package that Senate Democrats unveiled yesterday has much to recommend to it. Unfortunately, it’s probably doomed.

Why is the press gushing over routine movement in White House team?