Outside the Beltway

Harry Reid is playing hardball, invoking a tactic that he himself decried being threatened when Republicans were in charge.

Sarah Palin is out for 2012

Rick Perry continues to slip in the polls.

We’re getting close to the point where only two people on this stage will matter.

Rick Perry’s month in the GOP race for the White House has sent Michele Bachmann’s poll numbers into the basement.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

Sarah Palin’s much-anticipated Tea Party speech in Iowa was, in the end, much ado about nothing.

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

While Sarah Palin continues to tease her supporters about a possible Presidential run, the damage she could do to the GOP becomes even more apparent.

Is she in or is she out? And does it matter?

Some Republicans apparently still aren’t satisfied with the 2012 field.

Taking an initial look into the Texas economy.

Time for the spinning of the straw poll results to begin.

State-level job approval numbers seem to suggest that the President could have Electoral College worries in 2012.

Rick Perry’s entry into the race could quickly turn the 2012 GOP fight into a two man race.

He’s not in the race (yet), but Rick Perry is already a top-tier 2012 candidate.

For the moment, the GOP race looks like a race between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which should make Romney happy

It was a largely fruitless weekend in the debt negotiations.

The first Des Moines Register poll is out.

A distinguished linguist is quite impressed with Sarah Palin’s facility with the written word.

When one runs for president, it is assumed that one has a shot at one’s home state. Some of the GOP hopefuls, however, look more like unfavorite sons (and daughters).

Romney remains the clear front-runner in NH in a post-debate poll.

The Double Trouble Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Despite the disdain for him on the the hard right, Mitt Romney is the man to beat right now in the race for the GOP nomination.