Outside the Beltway

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

As expected, the Senate passed the so-called “Cromnibus,” but not before a self-aggrandizing maneuver by Ted Cruz ended up being exploited by Democrats to pass outstanding nominations.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

Today is a day for turkey and football, not a day for politics.

Looking into uncontested and partially contest House districts from the 2014 cycle.

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

Always as many military personnel identify as Independents as with the GOP.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

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

Have digital books rendered the publishing houses obsolete?

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

Rich guys are backing organizations that are taking over traditional party functions. Is that a problem?

The nastiest campaign ad of the 2014 cycle is here, and Wendy Davis should be ashamed of it.

The GOP has bounced back significantly from the lows it experienced after last year’s government shutdown.

It’s all over but the voting in Scotland.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

Dan Froomkin says Obama is as bad as Bush, if not worse.

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

Relying on the policies of a man who was President in a very different time is not a substitute for a rational foreign policy.

Some surveys suggest that younger Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

Obama is the worst President since FDR died? Only if you believe a mostly worthless poll.

How long should we expect people to work?

Far right parties are succeeding in Europe because the mainstream parties aren’t offering an alternative.

It may be time to rethink the way we make candidates get on the ballot.

Public cynicism about politics at its very best.

A pretty clear violation of the First Amendment.

Sooner than one might have expected, Republicans are starting to battle over the issue of marriage equality.

Once again, the Supreme Court reminds us that limiting political speech is unconstitutional.

So, Dana Milbank has a column.

Young voters reject political parties to a greater extent than other voters, but on policy issues they trend Democratic

Casting a bit of cartographic light on the crisis in Ukraine.

A rich guy wants to break up California.

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

There are more self-identified Independents in the country than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. And it’s mostly at the expense of the GOP.

Once again, a poll shows that large numbers of Americans, and most Americans, reject Evolution via Natural Selection as the explanation for humanity’s origin. How do we explain that?

Marin Bashir’s ugly comments about Sarah Palin are being compared to Rush Limbaugh’s ugly comments about Sandra Fluke.

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

The economy of the Euro Zone remains in quiet dire straits, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Germany.

It’s a party thing.

The Supreme Court heard argument in a major campaign finance case yesterday.

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

The first poll taken after the shutdown began has little good news for the Republican Party.