Outside the Beltway

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy was experiencing post-concussion syndrome but hid it from the team for days.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

The GOP’s hopes of taking over the Senate in 2012 have all but slipped away, but there is another option.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

National numbers can overstate regional preferences.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

Over two days of speakers, not a single Republican has mentioned the Tea Party.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

An important ruling on the Obama Administration’s contraceptive coverage mandate from a Judge in Colorado.

After years of calls for a College Football playoff, we’ll finally get one. Let the criticism begin.

The battle is on for control of the Senate, but whoever wins is likely to have a very slim majority.

Our political scene has changed drastically since Bob Kerrey was last in the Senate.

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Could things possibly get worse on Capitol Hill? Grover Norquist seems to relish the possibility.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

So, what’s next?

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

A book could be written on this subject, but let me suggest the following as a good place to start

Of the institutions designed by the Framers, the electoral college is the one that deserves the least amount of defense if one’s defense is predicated on assumptions of the genius of said framers.

Allocating Electoral Votes by Congressional District is an idea whose time has come.

Republicans have a plan to wrest half of the Keystone State’s electors from Obama.

College towns and lily white enclaves top the list of best educated cities.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

While it’s true that the South and the Heartland disproportionately contribute to our all-volunteer force, the notion that our forces are mostly Nebraska farmboys is false.