Outside the Beltway

Over two days of speakers, not a single Republican has mentioned the Tea Party.

A legal setback for the Texas Voter ID law, but not much of a political setback for Voter ID laws in general.

Paul Ryan did what he needed to do last night, but in the long run his speech will be lost to history.

Once again, a Presidential election could be decided by the Buckeye State.

An Atlantic story on veterans returning to college is both poignant and miscast.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

The Romney/Ryan ticket has gained grown in Wisconsin and Florida, and is steady in Ohio, but they’ve got a Medicare problem.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Jonathan Bernstein didn’t make any predictions about the Wisconsin primary but wants you to know that, if he had, he would have been wrong.

Todd Akin says he’s staying in the race, but his party is abandoning him.

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

If a new Gallup poll is any indication, Paul Ryan was not a great pick.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

Most of the early reaction on the right consider’s the selection of Paul Ryan a smart move on Mitt Romney’s part, but you could also say it’s just risky.

He’s no Sarah Palin but Paul Ryan doesn’t make immediate sense as Romney’s running mate.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

President Obama still has the advantage in the battleground states.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

Stephen Green projects the best case and minimal winning scenarios for Obama and Romney.

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

Was money the reason Scott Walker won on Tuesday? The available evidence says no.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.