Outside the Beltway

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

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

Understandably, Republicans are becoming nervous about the way things are going for Team Romney.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.

If the first round of post-convention polling is correct, President Obama may be pulling away from Mitt Romney.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

Once again, a Presidential election could be decided by the Buckeye State.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

It’s official.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

A group of former special operations and intelligence officers are criticizing President Obama for “Dishonorable Disclosures.”

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

Romney’s new ad on a ruling issued by HHS on welfare-to-work requirements doesn’t pass the smell test.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Publishing unsubstantiated rumor is not journalism.

Moderate Republicans in the House are starting to become more assertive in voicing their frustrations with how Congress is operating.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

Andrew Hacker argues that, while quantitative skills are “critical for informed citizenship and personal finance,” making kids master algebra to graduate high school has disastrous consequences.

Stephen Green projects the best case and minimal winning scenarios for Obama and Romney.

Another poll demonstrates the serious problems that the GOP has with Latino voters.

Congress seems to have gotten the message the Supreme Court sent last month about the Stolen Valor Act.

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

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

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The “Mormon Question” that has long plagued Mitt Romney is being raised again by a new study showing the sentiment rising among liberals and non-believers.

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.

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

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

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

Charlie Savage documents a major shift in Barack Obama’s philosophy of presidential authority.

Well, maybe a tiny one.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

Shockingly, the “Springfield” in the long-running sittcom “The Simpsons” is Springfield, Oregon, near where creator Matt Groening grew up.

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.