Outside the Beltway

Republican leaders continue to say stupid things. They may still retake the Senate in November.

So far at least, the 2014 elections do not appear likely to be a political earthquake on the scale of 2006, 2008, or 2010.

The beginnings of a populist challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2016?

For a year that seemed to start out so well, 2013 has been among the President’s worst of this five years he’s been in office.

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

A new poll finds the American public far less supportive of the idea of the U.S. as the world’s policeman.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has shifted again, but how long will this trend last?

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

John Boehner’s position as Speaker of the House seems quite secure.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.

There’s no denying it now. The GOP is being harmed by the events in Washington far more than the President and Democrats in general.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

McAuliffe pulling away?

The race for Governor in Virginia is tightening, and Libertarian Party nominee Robert Sarvis is one of the reasons why.

Americans tell pollsters that hate Congress, but they never seem to do anything about it.

Another poll shows the President’s poll numbers dipping.

President Obama’s poll numbers seem to be suffering under the weight of nearly two months of scandals and/ media attention.

As of today, John Dingell has been a Member of Congress for 20,997 days, a new record. That’s not something to celebrate.

The odds for a party switch in the House of Representatives remain quite low.

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

California’s senior senator comes to the right conclusion through the wrong reasoning.

Presidential honeymoons aren’t what they used to be, and President Obama’s second term honeymoon isn’t likely to last very long.

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

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

Democrats Barack Obama and Tim Kaine have gained momentum in Virginia in weekend polling.

Republicans already seem to be blaming Hurricane Sandy in the event Mitt Romney loses.

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

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Mitt Romney has ground to make up if he’s going to catch the President and there’s not much time left to do it.

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