Outside the Beltway

Microsoft sold its cable stake in MSNBC years ago; now, it’s ending ties with the MSNBC.com website, too.

Why are USA Network characters suddenly saying “Shit”?

Mitt Romney’s campaign is mishandling their response to the Bain story, and hurting the candidate in the process.

Joe Paterno’s legacy is likely to take a lasting and damaging hit when a report on Penn State’s handling of the Sandusky mess is released.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Dish Network is offering customers a DVR that will skip commercials. I’m sure their content providers are thrilled.

How the Vice-President’s comment’s on Meet The Press led to an historic Presidential announcement.

Danny Lesh freely admits to stealing a bicycle–back from the thief who stole it from him.

Did Joe Biden misspeak, or drop a hint that he shouldn’t have?

The attack appears to be based on long-standing animus and not revenge for Trayvon.

How about we recognize that we do have ongoing and serious racial tension in this country rather than ignoring the issue most of the time and only deploying it when the game of politics is being played?

Thanks to a media that focuses obsessively on irrelevancies, we now have a permanent political silly season.

The media circus around the shooting of Trayvon Martin is getting worse.

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

Despite how it many have seemed in January, Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential effort is ending just about the same way his 2008 effort did.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

The differences between the parties when it comes to Iran are far less substantial than the candidate’s rhetoric would suggest.

Rick Santorum wants to nullify nearly 200,000 marriages.

Davy Jones, the face of The Monkees, has died.