Outside the Beltway

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.

Americans should be thankful when our presidents take time off.

The crack investigative team at BuzzFeed is living up to its name with a story headlined “Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke?”

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

None of the cable news networks did particularly well last night.

Vetting, media bias, and a passing swipe at the war on terror.

A new poll finds that adding Chris Christie to the ticket would fail to deliver New Jersey to the Republicans.

A tough new Obama campaign ad highlights people who lost their jobs after a Bain Capital takeover–at a time Mitt Romney was not at Bain Capital.

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

A series of shocking revelations about Barack Obama’s past have not changed my view of the man who’s been in the White House three-plus years.

Further cementing his reputation as a sleaze bag, Newt Gingrich is now renting out the private information of his donors.

Picking the wrong target.

In case you needed more evidence that Allen West is a batshit crazy, he’s spreading rumors that 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party.

The Obama administration admits its push for the “Buffett Rule” is not about dealing with our budget woes.

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

Rick Santorum has bigger General Election problems than Mitt Romney it seems.

Rush Limbaugh may be a jerk, but he has a right to be a jerk.

Our political scene has changed drastically since Bob Kerrey was last in the Senate.

The GOP Establishment is in crisis, but it has nobody to blame but itself.

An odd meme’s developing that Mitt Romney’s campaign is in financial trouble.