Outside the Beltway

The bizarre dynamics of Virginia politics.

Is it good to live in a world where news of a massacre can travel around the world in an instant?

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

There’s been a bit of buzz of late about the fact that people in several states have filed petitions to secede from the Union. There shouldn’t be.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on another big case.

A victory for advocates of Voter ID laws in a Washington, D.C. Federal Court.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.

The Pew poll is no longer an outlier but the start of a trend.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

Last night, Bill Clinton hit one out of the park for the President Of The United States.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

The Justice Department has approved Virginia’s completely useless voter ID law.

A victory for the proponents of Voter ID Laws in Pennsylvania.

Andrew Hacker argues that, while quantitative skills are “critical for informed citizenship and personal finance,” making kids master algebra to graduate high school has disastrous consequences.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

Looking back on the GOP nomination fight, it’s rather obvious that the media overplayed the idea that there was ever a real race going on.

As gas prices fall, the politics of fuel prices are changing.

How dominant is the Southeastern Conference? It’s won more titles in the big sports since 2005 than all other conferences combined.

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

Bill Clinton is the latest Democrat to defend private equity, and Mitt Romney’s business record. It would appear this meme is on its last legs.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

The Solicitor General had another bad day in Court yesterday.

Thanks to a media that focuses obsessively on irrelevancies, we now have a permanent political silly season.

Further cementing his reputation as a sleaze bag, Newt Gingrich is now renting out the private information of his donors.