Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

Not exactly journalism.

Mitt Romney has an Ohio problem, and little time to fix it.

Conservatives are suposed to be cheerleaders these days.

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

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

It may not be the one thing that costs him election, but Mitt Romney’s remarks about the “47 percent” are still a problem for his campaign.

The reported Romney “reboot” doesn’t look very impressive.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy weaknesses are starting to become apparent.

Mitt Romney’s initial response to the attacks in Egypt and Libya displayed a tendency to jump the gun rather than wait for the facts.

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

A POLITICO analysis finds that “Obama and his top campaign aides have engaged far more frequently in character attacks and personal insults than the Romney campaign.”

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

NYT executive editor Jill Abramson is shocked that her outgoing public editor thinks her paper “virtually bleeds” a “kind of political and cultural progressivism.”

A culture of fact-checking, of honesty, is as important as the actual fact-checking.

When and how often must they disclose their relationship? And can we take them seriously at all?

POLITICO has a new eBook on the Obama campaign and wants you to buy it.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

Mitt Romney is showing signs that the negative attacks from the Obama camp are getting to him.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

Politico’s Mike Allen reports that several Republicans are expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention next month.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Kids, the President of the United States has a message for you: stop hanging out and get to work.

Because of a culture where being first is more important than being right, ABC News made a few mistakes in its Friday morning coverage of the Colorado shootings.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is mishandling their response to the Bain story, and hurting the candidate in the process.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.