Outside the Beltway

The author of AZ’s SB1070 has a new idea.

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.

The GOP is being urged to avoid social issues and concentrate on reducing spending, shrinking government, and economic freedom. It’s a good idea.

The immediate reactions from left and right to the proposals from the Chairmen of the Debt Commission are about what you’d expect.

Despite votes in the 2010 contest still being counted, polls for 2012 are already pouring out. They’re largely meaningless.

Republicans either lost or barely won a whole lot of races because their vote was split with minor party candidates.

Dan Coates has an ad that makes a claim that should make your head explode.

There’s a trend toward using metrics to identify ways to stem the skyrocketing cost of higher education. The likeliest result is to devalue the “education” component.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

Could Mike Pence make the leap from the House of Representatives to the White House ? It’s possible, but history and the likely GOP field in 2012 suggest it would be very difficult.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appears to be quietly putting together the beginnings of a campaign for President of the United States. Don’t count him out by any means.

While Republicans will likely take over some key governorships and state legislature after November’s midterms, America’s changing demographics will limit their ability to gerrymander safe districts.

Democrats are sending some of their candidates to the Death Panels.

For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is superbly qualified for the presidency. But our system virtually assures that he won’t be a serious contender for the job.

Some lawyers make a fabulous salary right out of law school. Most don’t.

Markos Moulitsas gets a lesson in caveat emptor from his former pollster.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich considers himself among the top Republican prospects for the 2012 presidential election

George Will’s view of denim is about forty years out of date.