Outside the Beltway

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

OTB bloggers give their best guesses on the House and Senate races.

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

With sixteen days to go, the race for President is tied.

National numbers can overstate regional preferences.

Sometimes, real life catches up with those who think their online life is secret.

Viewers thought Paul Ryan was more likable and articulate than Joe Biden.

The Pew poll is no longer an outlier but the start of a trend.

While the conspiracy theory is nuts, there are legitimate reasons to be skeptical of some elements of September’s Jobs Report.

Yet another case of breathless media reporting on academic research findings.

It’s looking less likely that the GOP will be able to gain control of the Senate.

Three new state polls show that Mitt Romney’s path to victory continues to narrow.

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

Another bad jobs report threatens to undermine whatever good will the President had coming off the Democratic National Convention.

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

Obama heads into his convention in a good position, but with several potential pitfalls in his path.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

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

The Obama campaign is challenging an Ohio law that gives members of the military three extra days to vote. They have a very persuasive argument.

The President’s former Budget Director joins the ranks of those calling for Postal privatization.

Andrew Sullivan believes Sally Ride “had a chance to expand people’s horizons and young lesbians’ hope and self-esteem, and she chose not to.”

An overwhelming number of likely voters say President Obama has changed America; most say for the worse. He still leads Romney by 3 points.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

Will winning a championship finally overshadown “The Decision” and erase the NBA’s best player’s reputation as a choke artist?

GQ has a great look back at the 1992 USA Olympic basketball team titled “The Dream Will Never Die: An Oral History of the Dream Team.”

The crack investigative team at BuzzFeed is living up to its name with a story headlined “Did President Obama Just Make A Blowjob Joke?”

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

How about we recognize that we do have ongoing and serious racial tension in this country rather than ignoring the issue most of the time and only deploying it when the game of politics is being played?

Some Marine women are going to Infantry Officers Course. Here’s how to make it work.

Time to prepare yourself for the incoming deluge of polling.

OTB’s comment section as a microcosm of the American political landscape.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Can Wall Street predict the outcome of Presidential elections? Not really.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

At least some of Mitt Romney”s investment money sits in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. Does it matter?

Not surprisingly, Rick Perry’s effort to get on Virginia’s primary ballot via litigation has failed