Outside the Beltway

Does the 10th Amendment contain the answer to the same-sex marriage debate? Not really.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

Some on the left are upset with the President, but does it really matter?

President Obama is polling at 46.8 percent, below the level needed to win re-election.

Speculation about Michele Bachmann’s health continues.

A Presidential candidate’s medical condition is entirely relevant to their fitness for office.

Thomas Ricks makes the case that JFK was the worst President of his century but his argument misses the mark.

President Obama has walked out of negotiations on the debt ceiling with an agreement is nowhere in sight.

Georgia Congressman Paul Broun has a radical suggestion: While we’re playing chicken with the nation’s debt, let’s cut $1.3 trillion from the debt ceiling!

The so-called “14th Amendment option” to fix the debt ceiling crisis is really just a prescription for an even more powerful Presidency.

Remember Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the arrogant French aristocrat whose career was ended by a courageous chambermaid, shedding light on a corrupt social system? A funny thing happened on the way to the slammer.

Barack Obama’s leadership style may be his undoing.

The Senate Republican leader is running a shrewd political game. But what’s good for the GOP is bad for America.

The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.

The normally loquacious Chávez has been almost silent since emergency surgery in Cuba on June 10th.

Congress had a chance to send a strong message to the Executive Branch today. They failed.

As of June 17, Sarah Palin is a registered US trademark, serial number 85-170,226.

C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel and EU Ambassador, has signed on as the chair of the Jon Huntsman policy team, Mark Halperin reports.

Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal sent a warning to his fellow Republicans. Too bad they probably won’t listen.

Turkey has had elections, and the ruling AKP has retained a majority in parliament. The next major issue appears to be constitutional reform.

Hillary Clinton is actively lobbying to be the next president of the World Bank, Reuters reports.

Some people still think Mitt Romney’s religion is a relevant issue.

When John McCain declared that Sarah Palin could beat President Obama, it was easy to dismiss. But when the architect of the Democratic strategy in 2008, says the same thing, you have to listen.

Herman Cain is getting a lot of attention lately, but will he amount to anything?

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tops the latest CNN poll of Republican presidential contenders.

With so many Republicans wringing their hands over the 2012 field, one name that keeps popping up as a possible game changer is Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Sarah Palin has commissioned a film to bolster her reputation. This is very intriguing on a number of levels.

Stephen Colbert has been running an ongoing shtick in which he’s trying to start a political action committee, gets letters from his Viacom bosses poo-pooing the idea, and then inviting his lawyer on to explain ways to get around these concerns.