Outside the Beltway

Former RNC Chair Ed Gillespie is challenging incumbent Senator Mark Warner for his Senate seat.

A Federal Judge in New York upholds, for the most part, that state’s new gun control law.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

The era of the electric car isn’t likely to arrive for a long time, if ever.

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

The likelihood of any action on gun control in 2014 is extremely limited

The PPACA has had a rough 2013, and 2014 could be even worse.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Once again, the Administration has unilaterally changed the Affordable Care Act.

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

Some recent political science on the subject.

At least one person wonders why the US Army honors Confederate generals.

The Virginia Attorney General’s race recount seems to be going in favor of the Democratic candidate.

Gun control has faded as a political issue as the memory of Newtown has faded, and that was entirely predictable.

For veterans who get in trouble with the law, *when* they commit a crime can have profound implications on their future. Does this make sense?

Time to start talking about lame ducks?

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

The Supreme Court may have just given a boost to those who want to subject online sales to the same sales taxes as in-person sales.

The 7 seats most likely to switch parties are held by Democrats.

Some Members of Congress are talking about pushing a bill imposing new sanction on Iran despite the deal reached in Geneva yesterday.

More bad poll numbers for the President and his party.

We have a certified “winner” in the Virginia Attorney General’s race, but where it heads from here is still up in the air.

It wasn’t a Thermonuclear move, more like something the size of Hiroshima, but today the Senate took an historic move nonetheless.

Are we headed for another Federal Government shutdown, or will Congress actually do its job this time?

When worlds collide.

Do Voter ID laws really suppress voter turnout? The evidence from at least one state doesn’t prove it.

Congressional Democrats are not very pleased with the White House right now.

The next Attorney General of Virginia will be named Mark. And that’s about all we really know at this point.

The margin in the Virginia Attorney General’s race is, quite literally, razor thin.

When it comes to the unfolding conflict inside the GOP, Mitch McConnell seems to have fired an opening shot.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

Accusations of blame are already being tossed around about why Republicans lost in Virginia, and they mirror a broader debate in the Republican Party nationally.

A good initial GDP report for the 3rd Quarter, but hardly something to write home about.

Ken Cuccinelli still hasn’t called to congratulate Terry McAuliffe. Why does this odd custom continue?

Republicans are contending that the nearly won the Virginia Governor’s race by emphasizing Obamacare in the closing weeks, but the evidence supporting that contention is far from clear.