Outside the Beltway

The Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia wants a quick end to the Government Shutdown.

Reasonable members of the House GOP caucus are fighting back. Are they outnumbered?

President Obama had some potentially market-moving news for Wall Street.

Chris Christie had some words about the crisis in D.C., and they almost sound like they could be part of a 2016 campaign message

Day One of the Obamacare online “marketplaces” is proving to be a bit of a bumpy ride.

Republicans don’t seem willing to let go of the Obamacare issue just yet. But, how long will that actually last?

The House will reportedly vote on a new Continuing Resolution with conditions that would seem to make a shutdown inevitable.

With key conservatives pushing for sanity, the grown-ups have a chance to take back the GOP.

Ted Cruz is going after the Speaker of the House.

If nothing else, Ted Cruz’s quixotic mission has succeeded in cementing him in the minds of Republican voters.

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Ted Cruz is holding the Senate floor “until I can no longer speak,” but he still won’t be able to stop the Senate from going forward.

If recent history is any guide, there won’t really be a government shutdown next week. But, the zealotry of the “defund Obamacare” caucus could change everything.

Republicans reportedly have another plan to get what they want on Obamacare and other issues.

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

Nobody has moved a piece yet, but the outcome of the Obamacare battle in the Senate seems foreordained.

The one Republican currently polling anywhere close to Hillary Clinton is, unfortunately for the GOP base, Chris Christie.

Ted Cruz becomes a little more honest about his plan to “defund” Obamacare.

The House is going to make it more likely that we see a government shutdown at the end of the month.

The GOP’s plan to defund reality becomes even more disconnected from reality.

The House GOP Leadership didn’t endear itself to the Tea Party today.

Surprisingly, many pundits on the left don’t seem too thrilled about the idea of a Senator Cory Booker.

There seems to be a divide developing between Republican leadership and the Tea Party over the idea of shutting the government down over Obamacare.

The president’s 2008 rival has gone from bitter foe to go-to deal broker.

Ted Cruz is either being incredibly cynical as he deludes his fellow Republicans, or he’s living in a fantasy world.

A top Republican Senator blasts the plan by some of his colleagues to “defund” Obamacare.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are openly disagreeing with a proposed strategy to threaten a government shutdown if Obamacare isn’t repealed.

Conservatives are doing what they criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”