Outside the Beltway

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Guess who’s back?

Republican opposition to same-sex marriage is costing it yet another demographic group.

Neither member of the Republican ticket seems to understand what really happened on Election Day.

Harry Reid appears to be short of the votes he needs to enact filibuster reform.

Republicans are starting to talk about immigration reform, but do they really mean it?

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

There are still votes to be counted, and the Romney campaign has yet to concede, but the race is over and Barack Obama has been re-elected.

The Romney campaign doesn’t seem too confident of its path to victory.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Making note of some of the predictions and such as we approach November 6th.

Naturally, most of us are asking: What does this mean for next Tuesday’s election.

With sixteen days to go, the race for President is tied.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

For all the hype, it’s unlikely that tonight’s debate will have the same impact as the October 3rd Debate.

Once again, the Obama campaign appears to have an advantage among people who have voted already or will be voting before Election Day.

Mitt Romney continues to benefit from the first Presidential Debate, but will that last past the second debate?

Days after “Friday Night Lights” author Buzz Bissinger endorsed Mitt Romney, the writer and producer of the acclaimed television spin-off is accusing the campaign of plagiarizing the show’s catchphrase.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

Yet another in a long line of critiques of the electoral college.

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

Before last night, Romney was toast and Republicans were demoralized; now, there’s a glimmer of hope.

A wonderfully descriptive story in the New York Times Style section that’s almost surely mere anecdote being touted as trend.

Mitt Romney has an Ohio problem, and little time to fix it.

Should people be able to vote six weeks before Election Day?

The Romney campaign seems to be responding to criticism by pretending it hears no evil.

It may not be the one thing that costs him election, but Mitt Romney’s remarks about the “47 percent” are still a problem for his campaign.

So, Mitt Romney opened his mouth again.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

Ann Romney dodged questions from a reporter seeking her personal opinions on hot-button social issues. Good for her.