Outside the Beltway

Despite speculation, both Angus King and Joe Manchin will stay with the Democratic caucus. And that makes sense for both of them.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Arguably the most surprising Senate race of 2014 was in Virginia, and it’s not over yet.

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Another pre-election stay ruling from the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court’s expansion of same-sex marriage seems to be sitting well with the American public.

After a setback, Texas will be allowed to enforce its Voter ID law. At least for now.

In the space of one week, we’ve gone from 19 states that recognize same-sex marriage to 29. Soon, it will be 35.

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The Supreme Court has given the GOP a way out of a battle that they are going to lose anyway.

The death of the Tea Party is greatly exaggerated.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

By failing to act, the Supreme Court has effectively legalized same-sex marriage in eleven more states.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

While the battle for the Senate remains up in the air, the Republican majority in the House remains secure.

The Supreme Court has issued a stay that will allow changes to Ohio’s early voting law to remain in effect for this year’s election. That was the correct decision.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

A Federal Judge in Ohio has issued a very troubling ruling on that state’s early voting law.

For purely political reasons, the Administration is delaying the announcement of new executive action on immigration.

Two men in North Carolina are free after spending 31 years in prison for a crime they didn’t commit.

Cowardice, or politically prudent?

One analyst thinks that the predictions of a Republican Senate in 2014 are wildly optimistic.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

Some on the left are saying that Hillary Clinton isn’t doing enough to help Democrats in 2014.

In what would be a classic bit of political irony, polling indicates that the House lawsuit against the President could make Democrats more likely to vote in November.

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.

Viet Xuan Luong pins on a brigadier general’s star today, becoming the first Vietnamese-American officer to achieve that rank.

For a party that says its not interested in impeachment, the GOP sure keeps bringing it up.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Your tax dollars, not at work.

Another Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the marriage equality debate.

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

Once again the GOP finds itself on the wrong side of public opinion.

It seems improbable, but the national landscape on same-sex marriage is changing so quickly that even the Republican Party may find itself changing faster than some might think.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

One of the most repeated comments about the 2016 race is based on something that just isn’t true.