Outside the Beltway

Bowing to the inevitable, Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned overnight as head of the IMF amidst high-level calls for his ouster in wake of a rape scandal.

Once again, Congressional abdication has led to an Executive Branch power grab.

No, Ron Paul is not a viable candidate for president.

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.

Mike Huckabee’s decision not to run has shaken up the GOP field for 2012.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

Can one effectively run for the presidency if one’s spouse doesn’t want to be in the spotlight?

Is the war in Libya illegal?

Matt Eckel’s takeaway from my Atlantic piece on How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology is that we need a peer competitor.

Why the United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.

Osama bin Laden is dead, but he’s succeeded in changing America for the worse.

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

There are signs that the Ryan Plan isn’t playing well with the public.

President Obama’s long-form birth certificate is being released, the White House announced today.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

Trump continues his antics: pulling out 2008 campaign memes and doing his best to paint Obama as a mysterious “other.”

Contempt for Congress is an old American tradition. Unfortunately.

It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).

President Obama is vulnerable, but he’s facing a GOP field that is underwhelming even for Republicans.

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.

Once again, President Obama has ignored Candidate Obama’s promises to reign in the Presidential powers assumed by George W. Bush.

The GOP seems to be telling President Obama that revenue increases are off the table. That’s a huge mistake.

Donald Trump has been surging in polls of Republican voters recently, but that doesn’t mean much of anything.

Paul Krugman is disappointed with the President, but it’s really his own fault for being so naive.

President Obama sees the golf course as the only place to escape the pressures of the job.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

Rather than fighting over the remnants of the FY 2011 budget, the GOP should make a deal and get ready for the bigger, and more important, battle ahead.

The next week promises to be a battle between John Boehner and the Tea Party over whether or not compromise is a good idea.

Like all Presidents before him, Barack Obama is asserting the right to virtually unfettered discretion when it comes to military matters.

Ten days after sending American forces into kinetic military action in Libya, President Obama addressed the nation to explain “what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.”

Donald Trump, who may or may not be running for President, is continuing his strange obsession with the birther myth, and reminding Republicans that two years of silence in the face of lunacy may come back to bite them.

Obama is visiting Brazil and Chile while American fighting men join the coalition against Libya.

There are many opportunities to go to war. Here’s a guide for choosing between them.

Did President Obama pull off a diplomatic masterstroke? Or is he muddling through?

There’s still time for Sarah Palin to burnish her political reputation. But she probably won’t.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.