Outside the Beltway

It’s worth reminding ourselves, in a country where so many are trying to figure out the best way to keep excess fat off our bodies, how recently abject poverty was widespread here

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

After several years in the wilderness, Dick Morris has returned as a Fox News analyst and, bizarrely, adviser to several Republican candidates for Congress.

The Democratic Party seems to have decided that the best way to begin the final leg of the midterm election campaign is with a legislative cave-in of epic proportions.

Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware Tuesday has made it less likely that the GOP will be able to take control of the Senate, but they still have an excellent shot of making substantial gains that will transform Congress’s Upper House.

For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.

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

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.

How does the Electoral College influence policy and campaigning?

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

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.