Outside the Beltway

Should it matter if a candidate for office isn’t a college graduate? Georgia Republican David Perdue thinks so.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

As everyone anticipated, the Crimean referendum came out in favor of secession from Ukraine and union with Russia. What happens next is another question entirely.

Staff Sergeant William Guarnere, made famous by the “Band of Brothers” miniseries, has died aged 90.

My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.

Russian invasion or legitimate secessionist movement? And does it matter?

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Gizmodo’s Brian Barrett explains “Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow.”

An excellent argument for immigration reform can be found in the case of one Californian named Sergio Garcia.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

A GOP Senate Candidate in Georgia attempts to back track, and runs off the rails in the process.

Does your kid qualify for subsidized lunch? One candidate for Senate in Georgia wants to put them to work.

Last night, Speaker John Boehner showed that he can beat the Tea Party wing of the Caucus he heads. That has important consequences for the future.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

With just hours to go, the Republicans on Capitol Hill seem prepared to take a big political risk.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

History matters.

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

Michelle Nunn is running for her dad’s old Senate seat.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

The Supreme Court today struck down the most controversial part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

When Glen Coffee abruptly retired from a promising NFL career, most wondered what he was up to. Now we know.

Just when you thought the sequestration process couldn’t get more cynical.

Today’s decision by the Supreme Court was, on the surface, a victory for Federal Supremacy, but the issue itself is far from resolved.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

The Senate’s rejection of the Manchin/Toomey background checks bill isn’t particularly outraging the general public, according to a new poll.

If you expose your breasts in rural Georgia but have a penis, jailers are liable to think you’re a dude and make fun of you.

The prospects for gun control appear to be dimming.