Outside the Beltway

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

Some Republicans see the light on same-sex marriage. Whether the party will listen is another question.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

Some blogger wants to pay someone to get Barack Obama’s college transcripts. It’s time for this silliness to end.

Mitt Romney is being rightfully ridiculed for trying to take credit for saving General Motors and Chrysler.

Mitt Romney has a big problem. People don’t seem to like him very much.

Ruthlessly avoiding fights that aren’t worth the risk is shrewd leadership. But Romney still needs to show he can fight and win.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

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

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

If Mitt Romney loses, could the Establishment GOP manage to hold back the conservative backlash? Don’t count on it.

OTB’s comment section as a microcosm of the American political landscape.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

With the nomination pretty much inevitable, it’s time to start thinking about Romney’s running mate.

It seems to have been a rough day for the individual mandate at the Supreme Court.

Obama has borrowed slightly more money in 3 years than Bush did in 8. Does it matter?

The debt has increased at a faster rate in the past three years than in the previous eight, but assigning blame isn’t what matters.

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

47 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Another chapter in the annals of American Politicians as Royalty:

Voter ID laws are a good idea, but we have to be careful in how we implement them.

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

The differences between the parties when it comes to Iran are far less substantial than the candidate’s rhetoric would suggest.

Peter Berkowitz has presented a flawed legal argument for attacking Iran.

Our political scene has changed drastically since Bob Kerrey was last in the Senate.

There is no Republican savior out there.

Romney eked out a win in the Michigan primary. He’s going to have a harder time there in November.

A discussion in the comments thread of my “Time Running Out For GOP?” post led me to a post from four-plus years ago by frequent commenter and erstwhile blogger* Michael Reynolds titled “Money, Bombs and Jesus.”

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Last night’s debate may have been the last one. It was also the least informative.

Is the United States a serious country? Should we be?

While I’ve expressed my dissatisfaction with the degree that CPAC has embraced the worst elements of the conservative movement in recent years, it does appear that there is a line.

The Massachusetts Moderate has won the Conservative Political Action Conference poll for a fourth time.

David Frum begins a withering review for The Daily Beast, “Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence. It is unfortunately not a good book.”

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

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

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Mitch Daniels got the unenviable task of responding to the State Of The Union Address last night.

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

Why are all the candidates for president so awful?