Outside the Beltway

The former Republican governor of Florida says his former party is so extreme that it holds positions he held two years ago.

The fact that yesterday’s shooting at the Empire State Building resulted in nine civilians being injured by police bullets raises several questions.

The fallout from Todd Akin’s rape comments on Sunday has exposed a rift in the Republican Party.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

The Romney/Ryan ticket has gained grown in Wisconsin and Florida, and is steady in Ohio, but they’ve got a Medicare problem.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

National Republicans aren’t at all thrilled with Todd Akin right now.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

Has the Romney campaign foolishly abandoned its best argument against the President?

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.

Big news in the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Marco Rubio wants to prevent these young women, and other Olympic medal winners, from paying taxes. It’s a dumb idea.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

The Romney campaign has hurt the press corps’ feelings.

Those of you looking to fill your October evenings now have three presidential and one vice presidential debate to look forward to.

Bobby Bowden now owns the record for most wins by a head coach in college football’s top division, thanks to the NCAA taking 111 wins away from Joe Paterno. He’s quite rightly not excited about it.

Stephen Green projects the best case and minimal winning scenarios for Obama and Romney.

For some reason, George Zimmerman sat down for an hour-long interview last night.

Antonin Scalia says “The only question in Bush v. Gore was whether the presidency would be decided by the Florida Supreme Court or the United States Supreme Court.”

Virginia could be the state that decides who controls the United States Government.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

There are some glaring omissions from a recent list of television’s “most powerful” moments.

A new study suggests that taxing millionaires sends millionaires to somewhere that doesn’t tax millionaires.

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

Looking back on the GOP nomination fight, it’s rather obvious that the media overplayed the idea that there was ever a real race going on.

Congress has found Eric Holder to be in contempt. I am not entirely sure what that accomplishes.