Outside the Beltway

Post-election polling shows that the majority of Americans want the new GOP majority in Congress to work together with the President. Republican voters have a very different view.

Mary Landrieu’s Keystone XL Hail Mary isn’t going to save her.

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.

President Obama’s threat to take action on immigration if Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year ignores political reality,

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

Should the Legislature take back legislating from the Executive?

Not surprisingly, a law passed in the wake of the September 11th attacks has been used mostly for things that have nothing to do with terrorism.

Another setback for the radical fringe of the “pro-life” movement,

What happened Tuesday? And what does it tell us about 2016?

Big victories for advocates of marijuana legalization.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Not unexpectedly, the Supreme Court has declined to hear a case challenging the Constitutionality of the Senate filibuster.

That word may not mean what you think it means.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

Two states and the nation’s capital could have legal marijuana after Tuesday’s elections.

Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie picked an odd issue on which to start his closing argument to Virginia voters.

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

Could the GOP offer a positive governing agenda if they controlled Congress?

A legal setback for the Affordable Care Act, but the important arguments on this issue lie in higher courts.

The American public’s support for the President’s war against ISIS has its limits.

The next Attorney General will likely see their nomination taken up by Senators who will not be in office past December. That’s somewhat disturbing, but it’s become all too common in Washington.

A majority of Americans don’t care very much who controls Congress.

Now on to solving the complex puzzle of the post-referendum UK.

Thoughts on the Scottish referendum (and on the issue of thresholds and decision-making).

The announcement of a potential merger between Burger King and Tim Horton’s has led to much moral preening from the usual suspects.

If Republicans win the Senate, what we’ve seen for the past three years could end up seeming tame by comparison.

Institutional reform does take place in other democracies.

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

The current immigration debate is yet another great example of how our system works (so to speak).

In some sense, justice has prevailed.

Another Obamacare case is heading to the Supreme Court, but it’s unclear if they’ll agree to hear it, or when they’d hear it if they did.

Once again, the Tea Party has gotten the best of House GOP Leadership.

Your tax dollars, not at work.

The usual suspects are blocking any action at all on the border crisis.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.