Outside the Beltway

A new poll indicates that Democratic candidates are holding their own against Republican challengers in three southern states.

The junior Senator from Florida drops some hints.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

The GOP “establishment” keeps beating back challenges.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.

It might not be pretty.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

Purity for profit on display.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

Hillary Clinton’s numbers aren’t at the incredibly high levels they used to be, but they were never going to stay that high anyway.

Once again, the Tea Party wing of the GOP is talking about taking out John Boehner.

UConn won another national championship. Their graduation rate remains embarrassing.

After many ballyhooed glitches, 7 million Americans have signed up for ObamaCare. Now what?

Americans are skeptical about getting involved in the Ukraine crisis. This isn’t a surprise.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

A rather impressive recovery from a career that was mostly dead in 2007.

If something is going to be done about an out of control National Security State, it’ll be because the American people demand it.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

Going after Hillary Clinton by attacking her husband won’t work.

Another day, another delay

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Rand Paul seems to think a 15 year old scandal is relevant to the 2016 Presidential race.

A Federal Judge in New York upholds, for the most part, that state’s new gun control law.

In an ordinary post-recession world, we wouldn’t need to talk about extended unemployment benefits, but times are far from ordinary.

Last night, Speaker John Boehner showed that he can beat the Tea Party wing of the Caucus he heads. That has important consequences for the future.

Some 2000 veterans of World War II were lobotomized by the VA. That’s awful but not outrageous.