Outside the Beltway

How dominant is the Southeastern Conference? It’s won more titles in the big sports since 2005 than all other conferences combined.

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

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

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

Newt Gingrich is morally and intellectually bankrupt, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his health care think tank is now fiscally bankrupt.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Russia is the most significant geopolitical player actively opposing significant American interests.

Mitt Romney called Russia our “number one geopolitical foe.” Is he right?

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

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

Disturbingly large percentages of Republicans still don’t think the President was born here.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Mitt Romney is likely to put considerable distance between himself and his opponents tomorrow.

Not surprisingly, the race in the Buckeye State is tightening.

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

You thought the birthers went away? Silly you.

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.

Conservatives seem to believe that Newt Gingrich can beat Barack Obama merely by debating him. They are delusional.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Newt constantly lays claim to the title “historian” and asserts it as evidence of his insights and as a qualification for office. As such, the quality of the claim matters.

Shockingly, Paula Deen, the morbidly obese woman who fries Twinkies on television, has diabetes.

Republican candidates have reached out to Tim Tebow for an endorsement. Desperation?

Dead people almost voted in New Hampshire. Zombie democracy is nigh!

Looking back at the Electoral College results of the modern era–and ahead to November.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

The Panthers rookie is having a historic season. Were doubts that he could succeed colored by race?

Becoming a Member of Congress can be a very lucrative career.

Mark Richt, head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs, inadvertantly broke NCAA rules by paying coaches and other employees extra money out of his own pocket.

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