Outside the Beltway

If not Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden, who might the Democrats have to choose from in 2016?

Was money the reason Scott Walker won on Tuesday? The available evidence says no.

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

Why isn’t the American middle class and working class angrier at the 1 percent?

None of the cable news networks did particularly well last night.

A contentious political battle that has lasted a year has come to an end.

In an ideal world, today’s Recall Election in Wisconsin would not even be legally possible.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.

Recall elections in a hyper-partisan atmosphere are not a good thing.

A Wisconsin DOT official sent out a memo telling DMV staffers not to volunteer the availability of free voter identification cards.

Are the new crop of GOP governors too conservative?

The passage of a new same-sex marriage law has Democrats talking about Andrew Cuomo.

Sarah Palin was back speaking to a Tea Party crowd yesterday, but it just doesn’t seem like matters anymore.

Apparently in the Walker administration, one need not be qualified to get an $80k/year position.

The American people have no idea what’s really in the Federal Budget, which makes any discussion about what to cut virtually impossible.

Is asking to see a professor’s e-mails a legitimate open records request or is it an attempt at silencing a critic?

Regardless of one’s preferences in terms of endgame in Wisconsin, democracy will win out.

Was the GOP’s maneuver legit? And what’s next?

Wisconsin Republicans stripped state employees of collective bargaining rights without the Democratic senators who fled the state to prevent a quorum.

The Democrats appear ready to come home (or, as per the update, maybe not).