Outside the Beltway

Utility crews from Alabama traveled to New Jersey to help get the power back on. They were turned away on account of not being unionized.

Mayor Bloomberg has decided to hold the New York Marathon Sunday even though millions are still without power and the city infrastructure is unable to cope with normal activity.

Mitt Romney has ground to make up if he’s going to catch the President and there’s not much time left to do it.

Once again, a natural disaster has caused a common economic fallacy re resurface.

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

Under the right circumstances, it would be possible to postpone a Presidential election.

Naturally, most of us are asking: What does this mean for next Tuesday’s election.

The Mid-Atlantic region is under the gun.

There are several circumstances under which we may not know who won the 2012 election for some time after November 6th

Dean Chambers of UnSkewed fame, puts the polling debate into sharp perspective.

Congressman Steve Israel has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to award 29 bonus electoral votes to the popular vote winner.

As in 2010, Scott Rasmussen’s polling in 2012 has shown a distinct bias in favor of Republicans.

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

President Obama had some prominent liberal journalists over for coffee.

A recent poll has Obama and Romney tied among women. Another gives Obama a 33 point edge.

No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Another loss in the Federal Courts for the Defense Of Marriage Act.

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

Once again, it seems necessary to debunk some commonly believed myths about polling.

The worst elements among the Syrian rebels seem to be the ones getting the arms.

Mitt Romney continues to benefit from the first Presidential Debate, but will that last past the second debate?

Last night’s Vice-Presidential debate was combative, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the race for President.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?

Yet another in a long line of critiques of the electoral college.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

The Afghanistan War is officially eleven years old today.

Expectations are high for Paul Ryan heading in to Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

Iran’s currency has collapsed and there are riot police in the streets of Teheran. It appears the sanctions may just be working after all.

Seriously, how did this guy ever get elected to Congress?

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.