Outside the Beltway

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

The quadrennial political conventions have become, long, boring, tedious, and largely predetermined. It’s time to shake things up by making them a lot shorter.

President Obama set off a firestorm by claiming business owners didn’t build “that.”

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.

Some blogger wants to pay someone to get Barack Obama’s college transcripts. It’s time for this silliness to end.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.

Elizabeth Warren’s Senate campaign stumbled badly this week.

Ruthlessly avoiding fights that aren’t worth the risk is shrewd leadership. But Romney still needs to show he can fight and win.

A Northeastern Republican announces retirement. And GOP hopes for control of the Senate in 2013 become more tenuous.

So, what’s next?

Elizabeth Warren has a deeply flawed view of our social contract.

Does America have a social contract? If so, is it broken?

Is President Obama poised to make a recess appointment for Elizabth Warren?

Will appointing Elizabeth Warren to head a consumer protection agenda unleash an eruption of Democratic votes in November?