Outside the Beltway

Republican Mitt Romney leads President Obama 46-44 in the latest Fox News poll of registered voters.

Further cementing his reputation as a sleaze bag, Newt Gingrich is now renting out the private information of his donors.

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

Alan Dershowitz says the prosecutor who charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder of Trayvon Martin was “irresponsible and unethical” and politically motivated.

If Mitt Romney loses, could the Establishment GOP manage to hold back the conservative backlash? Don’t count on it.

We need a lot less fake empathy in politics.

Once again, those predictions of $5.00 gas may have been much ado about nothing.

James Joyner has had a couple of interesting posts over the last week concerning blog comments, especially here at OTB. Here are some more thoughts.

Picking the wrong target.

The Secretary of State is ignoring a hold by the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

It’s time to let the criminal justice system do its job.

What would have happened if Sarah Palin had decided to run for the Republican nomination this year?

William Todd committed at least nine felonies in the span of ten hours in Nashville.

A Federal Court rejects an effort to significantly expand the application of a law designed to target computer hacking.

Shockingly, the “Springfield” in the long-running sittcom “The Simpsons” is Springfield, Oregon, near where creator Matt Groening grew up.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

The Romney campaign is pushing back on the “Republican War on Women” meme with this infographic on “Women & The Obama Economy.”

Now that Rick Santorum is out of the race, what happens to his delegates?

Security theater and the bureaucratic mentality.

In case you needed more evidence that Allen West is a batshit crazy, he’s spreading rumors that 80 House Democrats are members of the Communist Party.

Animal’s Joel Johnson declares “Comments are Bad Business for Online Media.”

The Washington Post prematurely posted that Rick Santorum was dropping out of the race on its news wire and Bloomberg made the story viral while the Post was verifying its accuracy.

Jeffrey Brown has a children’s book titled Darth Vader and Son scheduled for release on April 18.

The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case takes yet another bizarre turn.

There are advantages to cash that electronic transactions cannot replicate.

I have just, again, walked out of a doctor’s office after being kept waiting too long for an appointment.

We won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore.

Facts are stubborn things.

The Obama administration admits its push for the “Buffett Rule” is not about dealing with our budget woes.