Outside the Beltway

Protests by students at Princeton are causing some people to finally pay attention to some inconvenient truths about America’s 28th President.

Republicans seem to be thinking that Hillary Clinton will be an easier General Election candidate than the evidence suggests she is likely to be.

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

Romney 2016? Anything’s possible, but probably not.

A third term for any of these guys? Don’t count on it.

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

Like the men who came before him, Barack Obama has vastly increased the powers of his office. Someone should have asked him about that last night.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

Did the Founding Fathers make it too hard to amend the Constitution? No, they didn’t.

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

While the President’s recess appointments are bound to set off a political dispute with the Republicans, there does not appear to be a Constitution ban against them.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Barack Obama now looks to the Rough Rider himself for inspiration. Can’t he find it himself?

Despite our rather obvious problems, we’re in great shape compared to the rest of the developed world and, especially, to even our fairly recent ancestors.

It’s a shame that Duverger’s Law doesn’t come with criminal penalties.

President Obama is back on Martha’ Vineyard for a ten-day vacation. The usual suspects are upset.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.