Outside the Beltway

A crack in the wall.

Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.

Conservatives are sending a message to Senate Republicans about the vacancy on the Supreme Court, and it may require them to initiate a suicidal game plan.

The unity of the Republican Senate on the idea of no hearings or votes, if it ever really existed, appears to be cracking.

Republicans are putting much on the line in their refusal to consider any Supreme Court nomination from President Obama.

For good reason, many Republicans are worried about the prospect that Donald Trump could end up winning the Republican nominee, but they don’t seem to have a plan to stop him.

After an eleven hour day on Capitol Hill, it was Hillary Clinton 1 House Benghazi Committee 0.

What will likely be the apex of the House Select Committee’s investigation of the Benghazi attack begins and ends today with the testimony of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The man who will likely be the next Speaker of the House accidentally acknowledged the real motivation behind the Select Committee investigating, yet again, the Benghazi attack.

Get ready for another pointless political circus.

Senate Republicans are working on legislation to fix the PPACA’s subsidies if the Supreme Court rules against the Federal Government in June.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

For some reason, Republicans want to change filibuster rules even though it’s unclear that they’ll still hold the Senate after 2016.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

It wasn’t the Democrats.

Preserving the filibuster.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

Paul Ryan is back, and he has a plan his party ought to be paying attention to.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

Despite some tough questions, Congressional Republicans didn’t land a glove on Secretary of State Clinton.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

It has now been 60 days since American involvement in Libya commenced. Congress has failed to act, and that’s their fault.

Now that Republicans have the House, wouldn’t they be better off playing nice?

During the just concluded election season, eleven self-funded candidates spent a total of $ 286 million trying to win elections. Only two of them actually won.

An NBC analysis shows Tea Party candidates winning only 5 of 10 Senate races and 40 of 130 House races, a success rate of only 32 percent.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware Tuesday has made it less likely that the GOP will be able to take control of the Senate, but they still have an excellent shot of making substantial gains that will transform Congress’s Upper House.