Outside the Beltway

Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 double talk is starting to show

President Obama says he’ll fight for the 99 percent.

The partisan crowds like President Obama’s populist rhetoric but it seems ill-suited for his re-election strategy.

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

Can someone who doesn’t look like a GQ model make it in politics anymore?

Is quoting President Obama without fixing his grammar “racist”? Some say it is.

The Supreme Court is on track to issue its most anticipated ruling in years right in the middle a Presidential campaign.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

More pay for play at the White House?

Last week’s opinions from the Fourth Circuit provide an avenue for the Supreme Court to avoid an early ruling on the individual mandate.

Republicans have a plan to wrest half of the Keystone State’s electors from Obama.

The President’s jobs push isn’t doing much to help his job approval numbers so far.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Both Virginia lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act have been dismissed by a Federal Appeals Court.

The latest push for laws against bullying is another example of the Nanny State rum amok.

Steve Clemons highlights former first lady Laura Bush’s continuing work in promoting education and international engagement.

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

Is it every appropriate to ask candidates about their religious faith? In some cases, yes it is.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

Madison went to Philadelphia wanting to increase the power of the central government over the states (quite a bit, in fact).

The US came a lot closer to something resembling a parliamentary system than most people think.

With a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, the House Majority Leader is engaged in an accounting exercise.

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

President Obama’s job approval numbers are even worse when you just look at the economy.

On reflection, the nature of Marcus Bachmann’s influence over his wife is indeed a legitimate question in a political campaign.

The desire to shield children from controversy has led another school district to ban a classic novel.

State-level job approval numbers seem to suggest that the President could have Electoral College worries in 2012.

The job approval numbers for Congress are at historic lows, but will that matter in 2012?

Looking at the state-by-state map way too early.