Outside the Beltway

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

Republican reaction to the President’s immigration policy announcement has been relatively muted, and it’s likely to stay that way.

Frustrated by its inability to get laws passed through Congress, the Obama administration has decided to stop following laws already passed by Congress.

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

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Jeb Bush is the latest Republican to eschew GOP tax orthodoxy.

A Florida Judge has ordered George Zimmerman back to jail.

Bill Clinton is the latest Democrat to defend private equity, and Mitt Romney’s business record. It would appear this meme is on its last legs.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Trayvon Martin’s autopsy shows injuries to his knuckles, which bolsters George Zimmerman’s claim that there was a fight, a Florida television station reports.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

Mitt Romney wimped out. Again.

Will Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage benefit him or Romney in the upcoming campaign?

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

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

How about we recognize that we do have ongoing and serious racial tension in this country rather than ignoring the issue most of the time and only deploying it when the game of politics is being played?

We should want more voters, not less, if we actually value representaitve democracy.

The arrival of Discovery in Washington D.C. has led to another lament about “national greatness.”

An unusual proceeding, but an unsurprising result.

It would be nice if policies were assessed in terms of costs and benefits.

Why have so few Republicans stood up to condemn Allen West?

Further cementing his reputation as a sleaze bag, Newt Gingrich is now renting out the private information of his donors.

Alan Dershowitz says the prosecutor who charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin was “irresponsible and unethical” and politically motivated.

It’s time to let the criminal justice system do its job.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

In case you needed more evidence that Allen West is a batshit crazy, he’s spreading rumors that 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party.

We won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore.