Outside the Beltway

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

You can’t always get what you want.

Does the public still care about the personal transgressions of politicians? The evidence seems to suggest they don’t.

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

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

Republicans think they found the smoking gun of the 2012 election. They’re kidding themselves.

The battle over Wisconsin’s public sector union reform continues.

Hey GOP, Lt. Sulu has some questions for you.

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

Once again people are saying that 2012 is an election year akin to 1860 or 1932. Once again, they are wrong.

David Brooks is wistful for the noblesse oblige of the elites of yore.

Either the majority and dissenting opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius were among the sloppiest in Supreme Court history or the Chief Justice switched sides at the 11th hour.

It’s a wonder the Constitution gets followed at all.

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

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

Neil Munro acted like a jerk, but Barack Obama needs to be more open to questions than he has been.

The President’s Cabinet is less a Team Of Rivals and more a Team Of Managers.

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

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.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

We need a lot less fake empathy in politics.

The odds are against anyone who challenges an incumbent President. So, how do you do it?

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

Is the presumptive Republican nominee too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans?

Yes, it’s time to talk about that again.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Mitt Romney said the other day that the 2012 Election is about “the soul of the country.” This is most assuredly not true.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Barack Obama now looks to the Rough Rider himself for inspiration. Can’t he find it himself?

John Hawkins has compiled a list of The Top 20 Most Influential Black Republicans. It’s not impressive.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

Herman Cain’s promise to rely on “experts” should raise eyebrows everywhere.