Outside the Beltway

Changing economic realities led to a role reversal: television is where you turn for smart entertainment, whereas the movies have become lowbrow.

If Republicans regain control of Congress, you could be seeing a lot of scenes like this on your television for the next two years.

House Minority John Boehner is getting a lot of attention for calling for mass firings at the White House. The real news, though, is that his speech is shifting the focus of the political conversation back to the economy. Which is just what the GOP needs.

Senior staffers are already leaving the Obama administration due to burn-out. But are 18-hour days really necessary for running the White House?

Democrats have not figured out how to use President Obama during the upcoming Mid-Term campaign, if at all.

According to Maureen Dowd, Barack Obama’s biggest problem is that there are too many white people in this picture.

There’s really only one story in Washington, D.C. today, and Stanley McChrystal is the star player.