Outside the Beltway

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

In comments this morning, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to suggest that Koran burning might not necessarily be Constitutionally protected.

Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.

Over the course of a little more than two hours, the “Burn A Koran Day” story merged with the “Ground Zero Mosque” story in a bizarre media circus that seems to have accomplished little other than give press attention to a bigoted Pastor in Florida.

After weeks of trailing Republican-turned-Independent Charlie Crist in a three-way race, Republican Marco Rubio is leading the Florida Senate race.

A new poll indicates that there are some disturbing motivations that seem to be associated with opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.

The plan by one fringe church in Gainesville, Florida to burn copies of the Koran on September 11th is igniting fires of protest across the Muslim world.

Civilian control of the military means, oddly, that civilians control the military. And it means precisely that the military does not get to decide which civilians run the country.

The idea that we are in the middle of an illegal immigration crisis is not supported by the evidence.

Marco Rubio is currently leading the three way race for the open Florida Senate seat, despite not spending a dime on television advertising in recent months.

Last night’s primaries continued the anti-establishment narrative we’ve seen so far this year, and put both of the statewide offices in Florida in play.

Not surprisingly, Radical Islamists are taking notice of the tone of debate in the United States over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Glenn Greenwald argues that the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate is about more than just a “mosque” near Ground Zero. He’s right, but that also means the debate is likely to get uglier.

America’s obsession over the fate of the Burlington Coat Factory in Lower Manhattan, and a general rise in anti-Islamic rhetoric, plays right into the hands of the people that are actually our enemies.

It’s beginning to look like initial reports that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had been “cleaned up” may not be true after all.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

Democrats are currently engaged in a circular firing squad.

The results of last night’s Colorado Senate primaries should be causing Democrats to worry.

For-profit universities are defrauding their students. Indeed, it’s their business model.

Protests against mosques aren’t just limited to Manhattan. And that’s a problem.

Two Florida teens have been arrested for being in possession of naked pictures of themselves.

November’s elections will set modern records for most Senate seats and governorships on the ballot.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker today declared California’s Proposition 8 to be unconstitutional, thus opening the latest front in the gay marriage wars.

How does the Electoral College influence policy and campaigning?

A Federal District Court Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration’s health care reform law filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to proceed.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

The first in a multi-part series on the Electoral College.

The Electoral College is the worst way to elect a President, except for all the others.

Crist’s gamble continues to appear to have been a good one.

Marco Rubio doesn’t want to see the proliferation of SB1070s to other states.

Massachusetts will become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote movement, a compact wherein states throw their Electoral College votes to the nationwide winner once enough states agree to ensure that outcome.

The Lt. Governor of Tennessee suggested recently that religious freedom possibly shouldn’t apply to Muslims, but he’s only part of the problem.

Sarah Palin tweeted, and took the wrong side in a story that doesn’t even deserve to be a controversy.

Vice-President Biden glances into the future and sees a relatively good year for Democrats. Is he right ?

Some Republicans in Congress are worried they won’t be able to control the future Congressmen and Senators that the Tea Party might be sending to Washington.

The Washington DC area has the nation’s highest incomes.