Outside the Beltway

Did President Obama pull off a diplomatic masterstroke? Or is he muddling through?

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

Jon Huntsman is running for president. Who the hell is Jon Huntsman, you say?

State and AID budgets are a rounding error in the Defense budget.

Sarah Palin’s unfavorability ratings continue to climb. And there’s very little room for her recovery.

Diplomacy means having to be nice.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton top Gallup’s lists of Most Admired Americans.

Israelis and Palestinians don’t agree on much these days, but they do agree that Barack Obama hasn’t helped the peace process at all since coming to office.

Rush Limbaugh is apparently not impressed with Barack Obama’s presidency. That doesn’t make him a racist.

Democratic consultants Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell offer some free advice for President Obama. It’s worth every penny.

Dana Milbank asks, “Would we be better off under a President Hillary Clinton?” His affirmative answer isn’t very convincing.

George W. Bush’s new memoir reveals that he briefly considered replaced Dick Cheney as Vice-President before the 2004 elections. His decision not to do so reveals much about the relationship between Presidents and Vice-Presidents in modern American politics.

President Obama is reportedly avoiding a visit to India’s Harmandir Sahib, or Golden Temple, for fear that he’ll be accused of being a Muslim.

Tom Brokaw notices something peculiar about the campaign debates: Nobody’s talking about Iraq or Afghanistan.

The coalition of voters that propelled Barack Obama to an historic victory in 2008 is seemingly falling apart, and the President is reacting by blaming the voters.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

If the Republicans win back Congress in November, it will be largely unearned. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no incentive for change in American politics.

Once again, Washington is abuzz with rumors that Hillary Clinton will be replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee in 2012.

A new Gallup poll shows President Obama beating Hillary Clinton in a hypothetical 2012 Democratic nomination fight. Nobody should be surprised by that.

After several years in the wilderness, Dick Morris has returned as a Fox News analyst and, bizarrely, adviser to several Republican candidates for Congress.

Newt Gingrich is drawing fire for his comments about that the President has a “Kenyan world view.” But, will Newt every pay the price for his inflammatory rhetoric ? Don’t count on it.

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.

The first ad of the 2012 presidential cycle has aired, by some dentist touting Hillary Clinton. She’s not running. Could she?

An obscure U.N. human rights report has become the latest political outrage of the day in the battle over Arizona’s controversial immigration law.

Rick Lazio is running for Governor of New York and he’s found an issue in the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” but it doesn’t seem to be helping him in the polls.

The United States has promised $150 million in aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan. Should we have?

Robert Gates says he wants to retire next year, but will the call of duty cause him to stay longer ?

If you think Jimmy Carter is the Worst Figure in American History, you really need to read more.

The White House seems to be getting annoyed at the criticism coming it’s way from the left.

Conservatives seem very eager for Hillary Clinton to get back on the campaign trial, but it’s not going to happen.

Should anyone care that Chelsea Clinton’s wedding was ridiculously lavish?

Despite facing a thirteen-count ethics complaint, Charlie Rangel probably isn’t going anywhere.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.