Outside the Beltway

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

The First Lady takes a lot of days off from her unpaid “job.”

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

Not exactly an example of moral leadership.

Enough with the 57 states.

Birtherism dies a quick death–and with it the notion that Obama’s opponents are motivated purely by race.

Congress is getting complaints that calling the Osama raid “Geronimo” is offensive to Indians.

The birthers are dead (kinda), so long live the transcripters!

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

Standard & Poor’s didn’t believe the Obama Administration’s argument that Washington would be able to fix the deficit. There’s no reason they should have.

Arizona’s so-called “Birther Bill” seems to violate several provisions of the Federal Constitution.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Donald Trump, who may or may not be running for President, is continuing his strange obsession with the birther myth, and reminding Republicans that two years of silence in the face of lunacy may come back to bite them.

The first wave of the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake is expected to strike Hawaii at 8:00am EST.

Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake, which in turned spawned a tsunami.

A day after apologizing for an odd comment about the President’s upbringing, Mike Huckabee now feeds into the conservative myth that Barack Obama isn’t a real American.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

Facebook has come up with new settings to meet the needs of users in same-sex relationships.

Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.

Why is the press gushing over routine movement in White House team?

President Obama likes to go back to his Hawaii home town and live like a regular guy for a few days.

Hawaii’s new Governor is taking on the Birther myth.

Sarah Palin’s reality show as as popular as the critically acclaimed drama everyone’s talking about. And that’s just half the story.