Outside the Beltway

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

One wonders why any Republican politician would want to be associated with this image.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Censorship or sound business practice?

Mitch Daniels got the unenviable task of responding to the State Of The Union Address last night.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

After a depressing and sad end to a storied career, Penn State’s legendary JoePa has passed away.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

Should journalists report things they happen to overhear in a public place?

The race in South Carolina is going down to the wire.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

150-plus evangelical leaders are trying to derail the Romney Express. They’re going to get run over.

Henry Farrell thinks “The New Gmail Sucks” and doesn’t care who knows it.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

There’s no perfect system for choosing a champion but we can do better than this.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

Cee Lo Green caused on New Year’s Eve by changing the lyrics of Imagine from “And no religion, too” to “And all religions true.”

If there’s anyone out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet?

Domestic dispute or criminal act?

Ron Paul has a new explanation for those newsletters of his.

A new Iowa polls shows Rick Santorum gaining support. Or does it?

Those of us who obsess over politics and policy on a daily basis in no way represent the typical voter.

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

We’re hearing the howls of a wounded bear.

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