Outside the Beltway

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

Wherein an initial attempt to understand something seen on Facebook leads to ruminations on religious liberty.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Once again, Republicans are attacking someone for doing a job the Bill of Rights itself makes necessary and important.

Was the Jobs Report released one month before Election Day 2012 rigged? Despite a new report, there’s no evidence to suggest that it was.

Bob McDonnell is not the first Old Dominion chief executive to supplement their income while in office.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

If a new Gallup poll is any indication, Paul Ryan was not a great pick.

Three new polls show President Obama leading in three key battleground states.

Mitt Romney is no more of a wimp than George H.W. Bush or John Kerry.

It’s never a good thing when an Administration is investigating itself.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

Mitt Romney stumbled a bit during his victory tour this morning.

Far from being an existential crisis, the recent rise in public distrust in government is easily explained.

Jim Geraghty wins with “Last Night, Perry Couldn’t Inoculate Himself From Attacks.”

Another sad chapter in the slow death of a once proud magazine.

A special surprise was waiting this morning for those who subscribe to Jim Geraghty’s Jolt newsletter.

President Obama sees the golf course as the only place to escape the pressures of the job.

To honor the administration’s “no boots on the ground” statements, all covert U.S. personnel in Libya will work barefoot. – Jim Geraghty

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

Palin’s “blood libel” speech continued to keep here in the conversation about Tucson, and not in a positive way.

By this point in the last presidential cycle, there were already 14 major party candidates who had publicly announced. There are zero today.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

According to a new Gallup poll, President Obama is not only less popular than George W. Bush, but the only president from the last half century less popular is Dick Nixon.

President Obama is likely join the ranks of the unemployed come noon on January 20, 2013 if a Fed forecast is right.

The Republicans are currently up 60 seats and, Jim Geraghty notes, “We’re still waiting on official calls or concessions in 11 House races; all of them feature Democrat incumbents.”

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

Discovery channel gunman James Lee was shot at 4:48 p.m., because even the SWAT team doesn’t want to fight rush hour traffic

Marco Rubio is currently leading the three way race for the open Florida Senate seat, despite not spending a dime on television advertising in recent months.

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

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.