Outside the Beltway

Ronald Reagan was leading Jimmy Carter long before the two men met in Cleveland on October 28th, 1980.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

A new round of polling has Obama in the lead and shows reasons why Romney’s supporters should be concerned, but it’s unclear how long any of this will last.

For some reason, Paul Ryan decided to talk about school prayer this weekend.

The recent;y concluded party conventions are further evidence that the events have largely outlived their usefulness.

The 2012 campaign is revealing once again that many conservatives have a view of President Obama not shared by the public at large.

Ann Romney dodged questions from a reporter seeking her personal opinions on hot-button social issues. Good for her.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

Tom Brokaw was rushed to the hospital after feeling light-headed on “Morning Joe.”

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

It’s Obama’s race to lose, not a coin toss.

Some unpleasant news for the Democrats in a new poll.

Challenge the ideas of those with whom you disagree, not their patriotism, decency, or integrity.

John Nagl, who became famous as a leading counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner, is taking on a new challenge: grooming young boys for life.

A rather egregious case of misplaced priorities in Texas.

After three days of buildup to a “mystery speaker,” the closing night of the Republican convention featured a rambling performance by Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

It’s official.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Security at the Republican Convention in Tampa looks more like a war zone than a political convention in a democratic republic.

The Republican Party has apparently solved all of the nation’s real problems and decided it can waste time on nonsense.

Justin Strine spent part of the summer in jail for violent mayhem but doesn’t understand why he’s unfit to be an Army officer.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.

Maybe the real problem this year isn’t that the campaign is unduly nasty, but that it’s incredibly petty.

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

“Top Gun” director Tony Scott is dead, aged 68, after an apparent suicide.

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.