Outside the Beltway

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Early voting is a still new idea in the United States, but one that has quickly spread to a majority of states. But, is it a good idea?

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

The U.S. embargo of Cuba, and our lack of diplomatic recognition of the government in Havana, is an outdated relic of the Cold War. It’s time to end it.

Mitt Romney 2016? Not as far as his wife is concerned.

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

It’s way too early, folks.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

It appears that there will be no Federal charges against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin. This is not a surprise.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

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

The courts have been striking them down at a dizzying pace since June.

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

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

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

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

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.

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

The South and Southwest have a much higher military enlistment rate than the Northeast.

Does it still make sense to give kids a 10-12 week break every year?

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

Only two 2013 college football games attracted more viewers that Tuesday’s World Cup match vs. Belgium.

There’s been far too much hysteria and hyperbole when it comes to ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws.

The justice system works, there’s no need to scrap it.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

One of Washington’s giants has passed away.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.

There is no such thing as a consistent free market, limited government case in favor of restricting immigration, whether legal or illegal.

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to rule on a challenge to state laws banning same-sex marriage.

Preserving the filibuster.