Outside the Beltway

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.

The Court’s 2012-2013 term begins tomorrow morning, and there are plenty of big cases on the docket.

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

Yet another case of breathless media reporting on academic research findings.

A wonderfully descriptive story in the New York Times Style section that’s almost surely mere anecdote being touted as trend.

The NYT stages an interesting debate on “Which Language Rules to Flout. Or Flaunt?”

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

Should people be able to vote six weeks before Election Day?

Good journalism? Or, bad ethics?

Conservatives are suposed to be cheerleaders these days.

Public distrust of the media is at an all-time high. It’s easy to see why.

The notion that Megan McArdle is some sort of “Republican Party activist” is just nuts.

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

Mitt Romney’s campaign schedule has been oddly light recently.

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

The President’s poll lead has shrunk, but there are still signs of trouble for Mitt Romney.

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.

The battle over Wisconsin’s public sector union reform continues.

Several recent polls suggest that Mitt Romney is losing the advantage he had over the President on economic issues.

Ronald Reagan was leading Jimmy Carter long before the two men met in Cleveland on October 28th, 1980.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

In another sign that things may not be going so well between Washington and Jerusalem, President Obama will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he’s in the United States.

For some reason, Paul Ryan decided to talk about school prayer this weekend.

Largely because they are resisting efforts to hold them accountable for their performance, Chicago’s teachers are leaving 400,000 students locked out of school.