Outside the Beltway

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

Why have so few Republicans stood up to condemn Allen West?

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

Is the Supreme Court risking it’s legitimacy if it strikes down the individual mandate?

Starting tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court dives into the most significant case that has been before it in many years.

A Northeastern Republican announces retirement. And GOP hopes for control of the Senate in 2013 become more tenuous.

The Republican debacle of 1964 offers some lessons for the current cycle.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

Senator Jim DeMint demonstrated clearly today what is wrong with Washington.

America’s greatest statesmen fear America’s political paralysis endangers our ability to lead the world.

A progressive columnist has been outed as having sympathies for the Democratic Party.

By looking only in one direction, Occupy Wall Street is missing the big picture.

The prospects for real economic recovery are not good.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

Far from being an existential crisis, the recent rise in public distrust in government is easily explained.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.

More than any other time in the past, the GOP is now firmly under the control of its most conservative members.

Will days of strong economic growth ever return? And what happens if they don’t?

Part two of the ongoing series blogging Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny.

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

The Republicans are increasingly the party of white America. That’s short term good but long term bad for the GOP.

The abuse of the filibuster is just a symptom of a much wider problem.

Americans who think our politics couldn’t get more polarized need only look across the Pond, where our European cousins have been routinely dealing with rioting in the streets over measures to rein in unsustainable social programs.

Former Senator Alan Simpson is fighting back against the critics on the left and the right who are shooting down the Deficit Commission’s plan before it’s even been released.

David Broder, three weeks after the election, explains “What Murkowski’s write-in win says about the electorate.”

Democratic consultants Doug Schoen and Pat Caddell offer some free advice for President Obama. It’s worth every penny.

A new survey shows that political ideology leads to different television viewing habits. This shouldn’t be surprising.

While Matt Yglesias is right that talk about “Realignment” after a single election is ridiculous, there have indeed been realigning elections in U.S. history.

The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear ended up having a point after all, but it’s not one that anyone is likely to take to heart.

Gallup’s final pre-election poll gives Republicans a 15 point advantage over Democrats, compared to only 5 points in 1994.

The GOP looks likely to win substantial victories next Tuesday, and may even take control of both Houses of Congress, but they’ve already made their own failure inevitable.

Today’s college students are 40 percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago. Is our political culture to blame?

Some Democratic candidates for Congress are working hard to distance themselves from Nancy Pelosi.

Turkey reformed its constitution over the weekend, in what Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised “will go down in history as a turning point in Turkish democracy.” But there’s strong disagreement over which way it’s headed.

While Republicans will likely take over some key governorships and state legislature after November’s midterms, America’s changing demographics will limit their ability to gerrymander safe districts.

Are we nearing the point where presidents won’t be able to fill Supreme Court vacancies?

Republicans are much closer to America’s political center than Democrats.