Outside the Beltway

The perfect storm of a bad economy and a new, massive, unpopular government entitlement program may be combing to cause serious damage to Democrats in November.

Americans who earn a lot of money disproportionately live in a tiny number of states and are married to other high-earners.

The Army and its officer corps are becoming increasingly Southern and rural. Is this a bad thing? If so, what can we do about it?

The guy who ran George W. Bush’s campaign and the Republican National Committee has realized after only 43 years that he likes dudes.

Sarah Palin’s decision to back a long-shot candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alaska didn’t exactly work out as planned.

The Tea Party is coming to Washington, D.C. on Saturday for a Glenn Beck rally and one travel guide is warning them to stay away from certain parts of the city. Subtle racism ? No, it’s common sense.

Washington Monthly ranks colleges “based on what they are doing for the country — on whether they’re improving social mobility, producing research, and promoting public service” rather than “wealth, exclusivity, and prestige.” Too bad they don’t hire that way.

Twenty percent of Americans still believe that Barack Obama is Muslim. Not only is it wrong, it says something rather disturbing about our country.

A helpful guide to the pleasures of navigating our nation’s capital by car, bike, or foot.

Another round of primaries last night made the playing field for November just a little bit clearer to see.

Conservatives seem very eager for Hillary Clinton to get back on the campaign trial, but it’s not going to happen.

November’s elections will set modern records for most Senate seats and governorships on the ballot.

The Obama Administration is dismissing the results of a referendum in Missouri that purports to strike down health insurance mandates.

How does the Electoral College influence policy and campaigning?

Blogs are all grown up now and indistinguishable from other online media.

A fatal car crash on a country road in Northern Virginia has become part of the national debate on over illegal immigration.

A Federal District Court Judge has allowed a lawsuit against the Obama Administration’s health care reform law filed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to proceed.

Democrats have not figured out how to use President Obama during the upcoming Mid-Term campaign, if at all.

California Rep. Dan Lungren was pulled over for speeding during a live radio interview.

Massachusetts will become the latest state to join the National Popular Vote movement, a compact wherein states throw their Electoral College votes to the nationwide winner once enough states agree to ensure that outcome.

The Internet has given us many good things, but it’s also led to a decline in political discourse that we’d do well to reverse before it’s too late.

Democratic Governor Joe Manchin appears to have no serious challengers for the late Robert Byrd’s Senate seat.

Virginia’s governor wants the state to get out of the liquor business after 76 years. It’s about time.

American businesses are sitting on a big pile of cash, and giving no indication that they have any intention of spending it any time soon.

You’ve probably seen a lot of these signs popping up lately.

Barack Obama may not be doing much campaigning in the fall if recent poll numbers are any indication.

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

The health care reform law faced it’s first legal test in a Courtroom in Virginia yesterday.

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

The late Senator Robert Byrd’s legacy as the master of pork barrel spending is secure.

Thanks to a rather odd interpretation of West Virginia law, there won’t be an election to fill Robert Byrd’s Senate seat until November, 2012.

Senator Robert Byrd has died at 92, after years of poor health.