Outside the Beltway

There are still three months or so go. The race is incredibly tight. And, voters are starting to really dislike both candidates.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.

Once again people are saying that 2012 is an election year akin to 1860 or 1932. Once again, they are wrong.

The Koch brothers will spend more money in this election cycle than the entire McCain campaign did in 2008.

Get ready for the battle over the Bush Tax Cuts to start up yet again.

What does the US Constitution actually provide in terms of guidance for governance?

The number of Pennsylvania voters without required photo IDs exceeds Obama’s 2008 margin of victory.

The GOP’s arguments about the impact of ObamaCare on Medicare are dishonest and hypocritical.

However, he and his party have hardly taken over.

Who benefits from the Supreme Court’s ObamaCare ruling?

Chief Justice Roberts: “Although the breadth of Congress’s power to tax is greater than its power to regulate commerce, the taxing power does not give Congress the same degree of control over individual behavior.”

Thanks to a surprising decision by Chief Justice Roberts, the Affordable Care Act has survived the Constitutional challenges against it.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

Absent something extraordinary, it’s unlikely that the GOP will lose control of the House.

Gas prices are falling nationwide but that’s mostly because the economy kind of stinks.

The Veepstakes doesn’t matter nearly as much as the media tells you it does.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

The 1976 Pulitizer prize winner is phoning it in.

Sequencing matters.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

A new ruling from Egypt’s highest court has set in motion a chain of events that could end very badly.

Several conservatives are touting a poll that purports to show a 22 point drop in support for Obama by Jewish voters in New York. Is it believable?

A new poll purports to show the President losing 20% of North Carolina’s African-American vote to Mitt Romney. Don’t Believe It.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

Was money the reason Scott Walker won on Tuesday? The available evidence says no.

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

A contentious political battle that has lasted a year has come to an end.

In an ideal world, today’s Recall Election in Wisconsin would not even be legally possible.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.