Outside the Beltway

The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.

In a column about American Exceptionalism, a newspaper columnist makes a bizarre historical analogy.

The Navy is considering allowing its chaplains to perform same-sex marriages once “Dont ask, Don’t tell” ends.

The last American veteran of a conflict which ended nearly a century ago has died.

Neither side is covering themselves in glory in the battle over the Badger State budget.

Politico (Jay Carney got $270K from Time magazine after leaving) has uncovered a major payola scandal. Or is hyping a complete non-story.

Four Senators who just happen to be up for re-election next year are silently looking for alternatives to the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

The GOP is facing a battle between its fiscal conservatism and i’s military adventurism.

Inevitably, the Nazis made an appearance during yesterday’s debate over health care reform in the House. It’s time for it to stop, or at least time for the rest of us to stop taking seriously anyone who resorts to such arguments.

150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.

Just over 100 years after his death, Mark Twain’s two greatest novels are once again the subject of controversy.

Those who argue that tariff increases, and not slavery, were the key reason for secession have some basic problems with the historical sequence.

Red States should gain 10 seats while Blue States should lose eight.

150 years ago today a group of men gathered in Charleston, South Carolina and made one of the gravest mistakes in American history. They should not be honored for it.

Some Republican Senators-elect are imploring Harry Reid not to consider any treaties during the lame duck session.

Republicans are promising two years of gridlock and obstructionism if they take control of Congress, but is that really what the people who are likely to vote for them next week really want?

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

More numbers for campaign 2010–in this case, ones that show the maintenance of the status quo in several states.

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware Tuesday has made it less likely that the GOP will be able to take control of the Senate, but they still have an excellent shot of making substantial gains that will transform Congress’s Upper House.

Ross Douthat’s latest New York Times column demonstrates an appalling misunderstanding of history in the context of immigration.

The Republican Party is keeping relatively quiet on the Proposition 8 ruling. That’s a good idea.

The Obama Administration is dismissing the results of a referendum in Missouri that purports to strike down health insurance mandates.

How does the Electoral College influence policy and campaigning?

Missouri voters became the latest to express displeasure with the new health care reform law yesterday.

Stan McChrystal’s boys had “Team America” patches made up.