Outside the Beltway

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

It’s way too early, folks.

Mike Huckabee is threatening to leave the GOP if the party backs down on same-sex marriage. He’s bluffing.

Remember the border crisis? Yea, it’s not much of a crisis these days.

The die is cast.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

A trial court judge in Tennessee is the first jurist since the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Windsor to uphold a ban on same-sex marriage

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

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

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

The usual suspects are blocking any action at all on the border crisis.

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.

A Federal Appeals Court has rejected a challenge to Obamacare based on a somewhat obscure provision of the Constitution.

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

A new poll suggests that Hillary Clinton’s record as Secretary of State doesn’t impress voters as much as she might hope.

If Hillary Clinton is going to have a serious challenge in 2016, the person who will do that has yet to emerge.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

The EPA’s new carbon rules leave much to be desired.

It seems unlikely that Eric Shinseki will have a job for much longer.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.