Outside the Beltway

The odds that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will be repealed anytime in the near future are fairly close to zero thanks to the results of last Tuesday’s elections.

George W. Bush’s new memoir reveals that he briefly considered replaced Dick Cheney as Vice-President before the 2004 elections. His decision not to do so reveals much about the relationship between Presidents and Vice-Presidents in modern American politics.

Ezra Klein argues that Sarah Palin’s Twitter account isn’t very popular. But that misses the point.

Karl Rove unloaded what may be the beginning of the GOP Establishment’s effort to cut a Palin Presidential bid off at the knees.

Tom Brokaw notices something peculiar about the campaign debates: Nobody’s talking about Iraq or Afghanistan.

The coalition of voters that propelled Barack Obama to an historic victory in 2008 is seemingly falling apart, and the President is reacting by blaming the voters.

Sarah Palin is at the center of a divide within the GOP that could become larger even as the GOP comes closer to regaining control of Congress.

According to a new book from Bob Woorward, American policy in Afghanistan is the result of a decision making process that can only be described as chaotic at best.

The effort to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell suffered a setback in the Senate today that likely delays any further moves on the issue until after the midterm elections.

Is Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 ? It’s looking more and more likely that the answer might be yes.

The prospect of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell before the November elections is in doubt thanks to a threatened filibuster led by Arizona’s John McCain.

It’s getting harder and harder to tell blogs from newspapers.

Christine O’Donnell has become the latest star of the Tea Party movement, and her primary battle with Mike Castle the latest battleground over the future of the Republican Party.

Last night’s primaries continued the anti-establishment narrative we’ve seen so far this year, and put both of the statewide offices in Florida in play.

After surviving the worst of a hard-fought primary campaign against J.D. Hayworth, Senator John McCain is probably pretty pleased with himself right now.

When John McCain is the voice of reason in the GOP, things are really screwy.

According to a new poll, 87% of border residents feel safe.

The Republican campaign against birthright citizenship doesn’t seem to be gaining the kind of support they expected.

The Electoral College is the worst way to elect a President, except for all the others.

Immigration “moderate” Lindsey Graham is suddenly sounding not so moderate.

Barack Obama was a big hit on college campuses in 2008. Two years later, those same young voters seem to be having second thoughts.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

The White House is making some very odd political choices in its response to the Arizona immigration law.

Let’s revisit the question of crime levels in Arizona.

Is Ann Coulter’s defense of Michael Steele’s Afghan War skepticism the beginning of conservative split, or just an attempt to pile on President Obama ?

The latest bad idea from some conservative pundits ? Sarah Palin for Chair of the Republican National Committee.

What exactly is it about air conditioning that has some people so upset ?

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

The Chairman of the RNC is expressing doubts about America’s war effort in Afghanistan.

Is political office in Stan McChrystal’s future?

Senator Jon Kyl is distancing himself from earlier comments that he made accusing the President of holding border security “hostage.”