Outside the Beltway

For no apparent reason, the presidential race is tightening ahead of tonight’s first debate, according to two reputable national polls.

Nate Silver offers a scenario where Obama and Romney each get 269 Electoral College votes.

The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.

Virginia went Republican in every presidential contest from 1968 to 2004. It’s likely to vote for Barack Obama again five weeks from now.

Where’s the beef?

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

There are signs that some Romney supporters have already decided their candidate is going to lose.

Both campaigns are trying to set the stage for Wednesday’s debate.

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

Mitt Romney’s “47 Percent” remarks seem to be hurting him.

The arguments of the people claiming that every single poll showing Mitt Romney is unfairly biased do not stand up to scrutiny.

Just as we saw in 2008, the conservative base doesn’t want to hear their nominee saying that the President is a basically decent man.

My latest for The New Republic, “America’s Scandalous Drone War Goes Unmentioned in the Campaign,” is out.

Newly released statistics indicate that the economy is slowing down and in danger of slipping into a recession.

Mitt Romney is a deeply flawed candidate, but that doesn’t mean the President is any better.

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

Mitt Romney has an Ohio problem, and little time to fix it.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

Should people be able to vote six weeks before Election Day?

Mitt Romney’s 2011 tax return has “USA” in the space for “Foreign country name.” Requests for his birth certificate will surely follow.

Republicans will have some choices to make if President Obama is re-elected.

The Romney campaign seems to be responding to criticism by pretending it hears no evil.

Conservatives are suposed to be cheerleaders these days.