Outside the Beltway

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Rand Paul used word-for-word excerpts from Wikipedia in two speeches in Virginia.

Could Congress actually pass some form of immigration reform before the midterms? Don’t bet on it just yet.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

There’s still a week to go in Virginia’s Governor’s race, but it’s clear that this race is effectively over.

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

Two veteran reporters, including the dean of the Virginia press corps, have been fired by the AP after falsely reporting that Terry McAuliffe lied to federal authorities.

Polling looks bleak for the GOP right now, but it’s unclear what that will mean a year from now.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has endorsed “none of the above” for governor of Virginia.

Will the GOP learn the right lessons from the just-concluded showdown? That remains to be seen.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

Absent an unlikely major change, it looks like the Democrats will win the Governor’s race in Virginia

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

Well, so much for that plan.

A little noticed rule change in the House is arguably one of the main reasons we’re in a government shutdown crisis.

One Virginia Republican suggests that defaulting on our bonds wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

The GOP’s approval numbers have fallen like a stone, but it’s unclear whether this will matter in 2014.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

The Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia wants a quick end to the Government Shutdown.

Air Force lieutenant colonel (designate) Erik Brine is so unessential that it hurts.

McAuliffe pulling away?

The race for Governor in Virginia is tightening, and Libertarian Party nominee Robert Sarvis is one of the reasons why.

The one Republican currently polling anywhere close to Hillary Clinton is, unfortunately for the GOP base, Chris Christie.

Washington Post Magazine profiles a local woman with a horrible secret: her father designed and ran Auschwitz.

A proposed Syria authorization being considered in the Senate places several limits on Presidential authority to act, but it’s unclear if those limits can actually work.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

The IRS will allow all married gay couples to file joint returns, but that still leaves couples in most of the country with more hoops to jump through.

And Republicans wonder why they have problems with minority voters.

Virginia Tech English prof Steven Salaita implores us to “Stop saying ‘support the troops.'”