Outside the Beltway

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.

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

Why do we hold Nutella to a higher truth standard than our presidential candidates?

Another local official wants to join the War On Big Soda.

Mitt Romney is being rightfully ridiculed for trying to take credit for saving General Motors and Chrysler.

Is it fair to single out the most powerful man in radio’s commentary for attention?

Barbara Boxer takes the Daily Show’s “The Vagina Ideologues” bit out of context and deconstructs it during the Senate’s Blunt amendment debate.

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

Stephen Colbert’s super PAC, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, has raised a little over a million dollars.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

American has real economic and social problems. But the solution in on Capitol Hill, not Wall Street.

Sarah Palin’s law firm has been calling states about primary filing deadlines.

My first piece for CNN has been posted at Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square.

I’ve been hearing whispers that Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, is gay for a while. It’s now exploding into a full-on meme.

The Casey Anthony trials lends evidence to support Jon Stewart’s basic hypothesis about the MSM.

The US handing Libya over to NATO is “like Beyonce saying she’s ceding control to Sasha Fierce!” – Jon Stewart

The Stephen Colbert Super PAC that began as a satire has now been blessed by the real FEC. What exactly this means is not yet clear.

A Tea Party favorite gets asked a tough question,and a Fox News host finds himself forced to apologize.

Daily Show host Jon Stewart spent 15 minutes on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace trying to explain why he thinks Fox is a propaganda machine.

Don’t confuse moderation in tone with moderation in beliefs.

Beck heads to the internet.

So, Anthony Weiner is a lying dick. Does it matter?

Stephen Colbert has been running an ongoing shtick in which he’s trying to start a political action committee, gets letters from his Viacom bosses poo-pooing the idea, and then inviting his lawyer on to explain ways to get around these concerns.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has come to regret the direction he took the network after the 2008 election.

An aide’s compliment about the president “leading from behind” has generated controversy.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

In response to charges that it was attempting restrict abortion access beyond the boundaries of the Hyde Amendment, the GOP has agreed to drop the phrase “forcible rape” from its abortion bill.

Much like Jon Stewart, the late-night comedian went out-of-character at the top of last night’s show to talk about the shootings in Arizona.

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona has started another debate about political rhetoric. It’s a stupid debate, and it’s utterly pointless.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.