Outside the Beltway

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Does the office of Vice-President serve any useful purpose anymore?

Some polls aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

The Associated Press doesn’t want its reporters to get too wordy.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

More bad news for the Tea Party.

Congressman Walter Jones beat back a primary challenge from a former Bush aide who attacked him over his foreign policy views.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

It might not be pretty.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

A legal setback for Voter ID laws in Wisconsin.

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

It’s a bit too early for Republicans to be celebrating that Senate majority that so many people are predicting.

Cliven Bundy still has his defenders among the hardcore right, but many people have joined Kentucky’s junior Senator in throwing Cliven Bundy under the bus

The Affirmative Action debate is too divisive and largely misses the point.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Voter ID supporters are pointing to a report from the North Carolina Board of Elections as proof of ongoing Voter Fraud. But, while long on facts, the report has yet to reach any such conclusions.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

A pattern continues.

After national attention, a North Carolina school has rescinded its ban on a 9-year-old boy’s wearing of a “girl’s” backpack.

Thanks to favorable polling numbers and candidate selection, winning the Senate may very well be in the GOP’s grasp.

A rather impressive recovery from a career that was mostly dead in 2007.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

Former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie is challenging incumbent Senator Mark Warner for his Senate seat.

From Florida, a small victory for Fourth Amendment rights.

Watch your language in Wilson County, North Carolina.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Some recent political science on the subject.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

Imagine all these people talking on the cellphones during a long flight, or even a short one.

The FDA is declaring war on trans fats. That’s a bad idea on many levels.