Outside the Beltway

Alex Pareene’s annual hack list omits an obvious candidate: Alex Pareene.

Robert Bork, the controversial jurist whose failed Supreme Court bid ushered in a new climate in American politics, has died at 85.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

People continue to spread conspiracy theories explaining the “real reason” that David Petraeus’s extra-marital affair became public.

Many conservatives are living inside of a media bubble and they’ll continue to have problems until the consciously decide to break out of it.

The David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell story gets curiouser.

Political reality says that the Bush Tax Cuts for high income earners are likely doomed in the wake of the election, but the GOP will find it very hard to switch positions on this issue.

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

A passenger praying in the aisles will apparently get your plane priority landing privileges.

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

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.

There are still votes to be counted, and the Romney campaign has yet to concede, but the race is over and Barack Obama has been re-elected.

It’s time to panic over anonymous guys in Philadelphia again, at least if you work at Fox News Channel.

Utility crews from Alabama traveled to New Jersey to help get the power back on. They were turned away on account of not being unionized.

Dean Chambers of UnSkewed fame, puts the polling debate into sharp perspective.

As in 2010, Scott Rasmussen’s polling in 2012 has shown a distinct bias in favor of Republicans.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

Expectations are high for Paul Ryan heading in to Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Too little, too late?

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

Unseriousness and lack of conservatism from Paul Ryan.

Getting to the heart of the problem from my POV (plus historical numbers).

Not exactly journalism.

The arguments of the people claiming that every single poll showing Mitt Romney is unfairly biased do not stand up to scrutiny.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.