Outside the Beltway

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

After success in Scotland, it may be time to consider allowing at least some teenagers to vote.

A Federal investigation of lane closures on the George Washington Bridge appears to vindicate Governor Chris Christie.

The United Kingdom will stay united, but it may never be the same again.

The GOP has bounced back significantly from the lows it experienced after last year’s government shutdown.

President Obama hits new job approval lows, while the GOP seems poised for success in November,

The Affordable Care Act is playing almost no role in the midterm elections.

A number of factors unique to 2014 make it likely that control of the Senate could be up in the air for months after Election Day.

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

A set back for opponents of Voter ID in Wisconsin.

The Obama Administration’s legal justification for war against ISIS is laughably flimsy.

Congress seems ready to avoid having to vote on expanded attacks against the Islamic State

With just nine days to go, it’s anyone’s guess how the Scottish Independence vote will turn out.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

For purely political reasons, the Administration is delaying the announcement of new executive action on immigration.

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

Chris McDaniel’s meritless, quixotic challenge to the Mississippi GOP Senate Primary is reaching it’s expected conclusion.

Two prominent Republican groups point out the blindingly obvious.

As talk begins of expanding the war against ISIS into Syria, it is becoming long past time for Congress to exercise its Constitutional function.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

Yet another example of how institutional choices matter.

Some on the left are saying that Hillary Clinton isn’t doing enough to help Democrats in 2014.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

The United States is, in fact, doing the exact opposite.

There are plenty of other factors that help our two major parties retain power.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

President Obama doesn’t seem to have any idea what he wants to do in Iraq.

Trouble in paradise for two of Hawaii’s top Democrats?

The numbers are shocking!

End game? Or the potential spark of a wider war?

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

There is simply no evidence of the kind of in-person voter impersonation that Voter ID Laws were designed to prevent.

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Our non-competitive political system.

Once again, we are reminded that the fact that people feel strongly about an issue does not mean it’s one that will cause them to get out and vote.