Outside the Beltway

Americans have become deeply cynical about government. To some extent that is a good thing, but it’s reaching unhealthy levels.

For a party that says its not interested in impeachment, the GOP sure keeps bringing it up.

Your tax dollars, not at work.

It wasn’t the Democrats.

According to some reports, President Obama may be about to make an end run around Congressional inaction on immigration reform.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

A lot of Republicans dislike the President enough to think that he should be removed from office, but will that make impeachment more likely to happen?

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

Led by Speaker John Boehner, Republican leaders are trying to placate calls for impeachment.

What could possibly go wrong?

Republican overreach could end up helping the President and his party.

The South Dakota Republican Party has officially endorsed the impeachment of President Obama.

If President Obama does decide to use military force in Iraq, he should be required to seek Congressional approval beforehand.

Mostly because of politics, the hopes of some and fears of others will never be realized.

Good intentions and good results aside, the President’s disrespect for the Rule Of Law should concern everyone.

Looking back at the first round and forward to the second.

In her upcoming book, Hillary Clinton strikes a defiant tone against conservative’s continued interest in the Benghazi attack.

Is the GOP headed down a road that leads to yet another doomed impeachment and trial?

The GOP “establishment” keeps beating back challenges.

Today in “Dumb Things Republicans Say.”

Going after Hillary Clinton by attacking her husband won’t work.

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

Congressman Steve Stockman’s primary challenge of Senator John Cornyn could be a big deal, or, more likely, it could be a dud.

Being Speaker of the House has become much more of a difficult job than it used to be.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

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

Given that the vote count seems to be heading that way, this is a question worth examination.

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

Some thoughts on the ongoing situation in Egypt.

The GOP’s latest investigatory crusade could end up backfiring on them.

So far, three weeks of bad news hasn’t really had much of an impact on the public’s view of how President Obama is handling his job.

A starting point for two important stories.

Partisan targeting by the IRS should not be permitted to stand.

The Obama Administration’s response to the Benghazi attack is approaching critical mass. It’s not going away any time soon.

A theory on why Benghazi will not die as a political issue.