Outside the Beltway

The GOP doesn’t have a charismatic superstar waiting in the wings. That’s okay.

Jon Huntsman made his first stop in New Hampshire as he explores a presidential bid. So far, so good.

House Republicans engaged in a publicity stunt on Friday that displayed a profound misunderstanding of how government actually works in the United States.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

House Democrats are calling on Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from any litigation regarding the Affordable Care Act. It’s a phony argument, but that’s because it has everything to do with politics and nothing to do with legal ethics.

Jon Huntsman is running for president. Who the hell is Jon Huntsman, you say?

The author of AZ’s SB1070 has a new idea.

Red States should gain 10 seats while Blue States should lose eight.

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.

While the University of Oregon’s athletic programs are flourishing in a seas of green, its academic programs are woefully underfunded.

Democrats are now confident that they have the votes in the Senate to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, but do they have enough time?

Is the TSA groping passengers to force them into using intrusive scanners for which they’ve committed $173 million?

The immediate reactions from left and right to the proposals from the Chairmen of the Debt Commission are about what you’d expect.

An NBC analysis shows Tea Party candidates winning only 5 of 10 Senate races and 40 of 130 House races, a success rate of only 32 percent.

Who are the Tea Party candidates and who will be the Tea Party office holders?

Republicans are promising two years of gridlock and obstructionism if they take control of Congress, but is that really what the people who are likely to vote for them next week really want?

A new projection of Congressional reapportionment shows a dramatic shift to traditionally Republican states in the South and Southwest.

Christine O’Donnell has become the latest star of the Tea Party movement, and her primary battle with Mike Castle the latest battleground over the future of the Republican Party.

Delaware’s September 14th Republican Senate Primary is shaping up to be the next battle between the Establishment GOP and the Tea Party movement.

Why would returning to the system of allowing state legislatures to choose Senators improve representation?

Ross Douthat’s latest New York Times column demonstrates an appalling misunderstanding of history in the context of immigration.

That attitudes towards gay marriage varies by state won’t surprise you. The degree to which it does just might.

Some Republicans in Congress are worried they won’t be able to control the future Congressmen and Senators that the Tea Party might be sending to Washington.

Not surprisingly, Elena Kagan finished her testimony without giving any real ammunition to the Republicans.

Elena Kagan’s interest in vigorous and open confirmation hearings ended roughly the moment she was sworn in by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.