Outside the Beltway

There’s not much movement in the President’s job approval numbers.

The question of how the world’s most wanted man could’ve hidden in plain sight in Pakistan continues to be asked.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

I don’t feel the jubilation that came with Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003. Sadly, I know better this time.

Congress is coming back to Washington and gas prices continue to rise. Expect a lot of demagoguery, but very little in the way of solutions.

President Obama is suffering in the polls because of high gas prices, but is there really anything he can do about them?

The new CBS/NYT poll is out and the numbers are not exactly happy, no matter whom you support.

Standard & Poor’s didn’t believe the Obama Administration’s argument that Washington would be able to fix the deficit. There’s no reason they should have.

It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).

President Obama is vulnerable, but he’s facing a GOP field that is underwhelming even for Republicans.

One of the Tea Party movement’s favorite Senators used the dreaded c-word.

A version of a piece I wrote Wednesday, titled “NATO’s Death Greatly Exaggerated,” has finally been published at Foreign Policy under the title “Back in the Saddle: How Libya Helped NATO Get Its Groove Back.”

To borrow a phrase: budgeting is the science of muddling through (with an emphasis on the “muddling” far more than the “science.”

The Congressional Budget Office has come up with slightly different calculations of the savings created by the Obama-Boehner budget compromise.

The GOP seems to be telling President Obama that revenue increases are off the table. That’s a huge mistake.

There are still three days left, but it’s looking less and less likely that a budget deal will be reached in time to avoid a government shutdown.

A handful of young male bloggers have launched themselves to the head of the line, leapfrogging those who’ve spent years playing the game by the old rules.juice

The uneasy coalition that coalesced around action in Libya will be strained by decisions to come.

What are the limits of Resolution 1973? Are there any?

Shailagh Murray becomes the latest reporter to join the Obama White House.

Warren Christopher, Bill Clinton’s first Secretary of State, has died at 85.

Republicans are starting to sour on Sarah Palin, meaning that they’re finally starting to catch up to the rest of the country.

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is the latest idiot celebrity to damage their career on Twitter.

Public support for the war in Afghanistan continues to plummet, but will that hurt the President when 2012 rolls around?

Add this to the list of things for parents to worry about: Car safety seats for children over 65 pounds are not adequately tested.

John Kerry’s Washington Post op-ed supports U. S. leadership in establishing a no-fly zone in Libya.

The legendary columnist David Broder has died.

At what point does the legitimate right to demonstrate cross the line into infringing on the rights of others?

Intervening to “help” the Libyan revolt is very tempting, but it’s a temptation we ought to resist.

A new site will identify news articles based on press releases rather than journalism.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

You don’t have to be Admiral Akbar to suspect that the President’s refusal to deal with entitlements in his budget proposal is a trap for the GOP.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.