Outside the Beltway

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

Much of the criticism of Hobby Lobby, and Citizens United before it, is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what those decisions stand for.

Ed Klein says he has “Democrat sources” who Obama wants Warren to continue his mission to “transform America into a European-style democratic-socialist state.”

Emil Henry makes “The Case for Mitt Romney in 2016.”

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.

Hillary Clinton does not come across well when she tries to play the empathy card.

New Hampshire Republicans still like Mitt Romney.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Brian Schweitzer has a reputation for saying things that most politicians wouldn’t, but that may be just what he needs to get attention if he runs in 2016.

Recent events in Iraq have opened up old domestic political arguments in the United States.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.

Some Republicans apparently think the key to their future lies in the past.

Apparently, things were tougher in Chappaqua, New York and on D.C.’s Embassy Row than we ever imagined.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Rumors are circulating again that the House GOP may make an immigration reform pitch before the midterm elections.

Who do the Democrats have to take Joe Biden’s place?

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

Congressman Walter Jones beat back a primary challenge from a former Bush aide who attacked him over his foreign policy views.

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

It might not be pretty.

A good idea, but do the ends justify the means?

I’m uneasy about a world in which a private conversation, illegally recorded, can be used in this fashion.

Romney 2016? Anything’s possible, but probably not.

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

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

The former Florida Governor is talking more openly about running for President than he ever has before.

The “99 percent vs. the 1 percent” debate obscures the real income inequality picture.

Top Republican donors are starting to look at the former Governor of Florida as their candidate in 2016.

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

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

Nora Caplan-Bricker contends that, “Mike Huckabee Could Be President—If Only He Wanted It.”

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

A certain wealthy man with good hair is doing very well in a meaningless poll.

Huckabee resurgent? A new poll makes the case, but it’s far too early to say.