Outside the Beltway

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

The Junior Senator from Kentucky does some re-writing of history.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

Rand Paul used word-for-word excerpts from Wikipedia in two speeches in Virginia.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Ted Cruz isn’t ruling out a reprise of his foolish, quixotic, crusade.

The House wasted a day yesterday, now it’s crunch time.

The deal emerging out of the talks between Senator Reid and Senator McConnell is about what you’d expect, but it’s probably the best we can expect right now.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

The one Republican currently polling anywhere close to Hillary Clinton is, unfortunately for the GOP base, Chris Christie.

Chris Christie waded into the debate going on in the GOP over foreign policy. His comments were less than helpful to say the least.

Michelle Nunn is running for her dad’s old Senate seat.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

An overweight Republican from the northeast is thinking about running for president. No, not that one.

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

The GOP’s chances to take over the Senate became much better over the weekend.

Harry Reid is supposedly making another run at filibuster reform.

There seem to be some signs that defense hawks in the GOP are concerned about Rand Paul’s growing popularity in the party.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

What happened at the IRS looks a lot more like deliberate political bias than simple incompetence.

The noted wine critic Robert Parker recently forayed into reviewing bourbon and came under intense fire from enthusiasts of American whiskey.

Is someone who’s only be a Senator for just over 100 days a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2016?

Southerners lie about their weight–but not as much as those lyin’ Yankees.

Mother Jones’s recording of a secret McConnell campaign strategy meeting is much less than meets the eye.

Boneless chicken has been around for decades. The folks at KFC have just discovered it an think they have something special.

One Virginia Republican Member of Congress recently got a lesson in what going against the GOP’s hyperpartisan atmosphere feels like.

The Republican field for 2016 is more wide open than any we’ve seen in a long time.