Outside the Beltway

There are still votes to be counted, and the Romney campaign has yet to concede, but the race is over and Barack Obama has been re-elected.

Will Ohio’s Provisional Ballot’s be 2012’s version of the Hanging Chad?

The Romney campaign doesn’t seem too confident of its path to victory.

Could Romney win Ohio by ginning up Republican turnout and tamping down Democratic votes?

It’s just a few days until the 2012 campaign ends, and the jostling for position for 2016 begins.

Pundits on the left and the right are having a hard time understanding what Chris Christie’s praise of the President is all about.

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

There are several circumstances under which we may not know who won the 2012 election for some time after November 6th

Congressman Steve Israel has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to award 29 bonus electoral votes to the popular vote winner.

Donald Trump has yet again duped the media into giving him attention by hyping a “bombshell” that turned out to be a nothing-burger.

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

Younger voters are starting to become as cynical as the rest of us.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have much sympathy for her former aide’s inability to “have it all.”

What’s the truth about last night’s debate exchange about Libya?

Last night’s debate was rough and tumble, but it’s unlikely to change the state of the race.

The President has yet to tell us what he would do with a Second Term.

Last night’s Vice-Presidential debate was combative, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the race for President.

Will conservatives freak out if Romney loses? That’s pretty much guaranteed.

It’s no wonder partisans can’t agree with each other when they can’t even agree what the facts are.

The biggest surprise of the Presidential race to date is the fact that Mitt Romney has lost the edge he once had on economic issues.

Virginia went Republican in every presidential contest from 1968 to 2004. It’s likely to vote for Barack Obama again five weeks from now.

There’s little evidence that Presidential debates can be game changers.

The Presidency costs taxpayers a lot of money, but that’s been true for many, many years now.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game (more or less, anyway).

Our War On Drugs is having a disastrous impact on our neighbors to the south, and they’re starting to notice.

Just as we saw in 2008, the conservative base doesn’t want to hear their nominee saying that the President is a basically decent man.

Republicans will have some choices to make if President Obama is re-elected.

Understanding public opinion is tricky.

Some Republicans are beginning to ponder what might happen to their party if Mitt Romney loses in 2012.

Republicans think they found the smoking gun of the 2012 election. They’re kidding themselves.

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?

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 Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.

Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.

Ronald Reagan was leading Jimmy Carter long before the two men met in Cleveland on October 28th, 1980.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.

The 9/11 attacks and our response to them changed America, and not for the better.

The GOP still hasn’t dealt with the legacy of George W. Bush.

Jimmy Carter’s ex-presidency has lasted the equivalent of 26 Iranian hostage crises.

Ann Romney dodged questions from a reporter seeking her personal opinions on hot-button social issues. Good for her.

The President and his supporters say that Congressional Republicans will temper their rhetoric in a second Obama term. Don’t count on it.