Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

Harry Reid is a scoundrel, not a hero.

Get ready for the battle over the Bush Tax Cuts to start up yet again.

We don’t know what the Supreme Court will have to say about the Affordable Care Act, but their decision is already being attacked.

This week’s hearings in the Supreme Court caught many proponents of the Affordable Care Act off guard.

Many on the right seem unwilling to condemn clearly offensive remarks by Rush Limbaugh

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

Newt Gingrich was wondering where his audience was last night.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

Now that he’s a top tier candidate, it’s hard to see how Herman Cain’s tax plan can withstand serious scrutiny.

Not surprisingly, the “Super Committee” to deal with the deficit isn’t making much progress.

Sarah Palin is out for 2012

Rick Perry’s immigration positions aren’t at all unreasonable, and that presents a problem for him inside the Republican Party.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

The debt talks in Congress are moribund now, and both sides are working on their own versions of a plan, again.

It hasn’t been a very productive weekend in Washington, D.C.

Byron York had some not unreasonable questions for Susan Feinberg, the woman who confronted Paul Ryan over $350 wine he consumed at a Capitol Hill restaurant. She won’t answer.

Last night, the President basically announced that America’s longest war had entered it’s end game.

Our long national nightmare is nearly over.

Never popular with his colleagues, Anthony Weiner may now be the least liked Member.

After a week of denial, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted today that he had engaged in online relationships with several women.

Obama brings rapid response, blogger “hand holding” in-house.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

Games legislators play…

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

Rep. Jane Harman is leaving Congress to become president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.