Outside the Beltway

Delaware Democratic Senator Tom Carper beat back a challenge from a ‘progressive” challenger in Thursday’s primary.

A Republican organization dedicated to abortion rights is shutting down after 30 years, eight fewer than the Party has opposed them.

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

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Could a coin like this solve the looming debt ceiling crisis?

The GOP’s hopes of taking over the Senate in 2012 have all but slipped away, but there is another option.

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

After having so much influence in 2010, the Tea Party is finding itself adrift in the search for a Republican nominee in 2012.

Facing his own Tea Party challenge, Richard Lugar reminds Republicans of an uncomfortable truth.

Rush Limbaugh, who three years ago said Mitt Romney embodied all three legs of the conservative stool today declared that Romney is not a conservative. He was right both times.

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

Is the only possible motivation conservatives could possibly have for calling out the lunatic fringe a desire for the acceptance of liberals?

Three months after the allegations were first made. the FEC has opened a criminal investigation of Tea Party Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell

Maine’s Olympia Snowe appears to be the next target of the Tea Party movement, but she is also uniquely situated to retain her seat if she chooses to.

Virginia Senator Jim Webb is the last of a dying breed of Democrats, but his party may need him if it wants to remain competitive anywhere outside of a Blue State.

When conservatives start attacking one of their own for pointing out the obvious, you really have to wonder if they want to win.

An NBC analysis shows Tea Party candidates winning only 5 of 10 Senate races and 40 of 130 House races, a success rate of only 32 percent.

Last night’s election results stand as a mixed verdict on the Tea party and its impact on the Republican Party.

The enthusiasm for Tea Party candidates likely helped the House Republican wave. But it also likely cost the GOP four Senate seats that it would otherwise have won — and thus the majority.