Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, it has been a bit contentious.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

More on a dangerous and disturbing incident in Texas

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Newt Gingrich has endorsed President Trump’s use of the rhetoric of Josef Stalin to attack the American news media.

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.

What could possibly go wrong?

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Once again, conservatives demonstrate how little they understand minority voters.

Allen West seems to think that God might want him to run for President. Unfortunately for Mr. West, so does Ben Carson.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

Dana Milbank offers a nonsensical reason for denying our youth the freedom to choose their own path.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Conservatives are doing what the criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

Forget about the budget deficit and spending. The Tea Party apparently now considers stopping immigration reform to be its most important task.

The wacko fringe of the GOP is increasingly finding room in the mainstream of the party.

Republicans continue to fight over their party’s future.

Republicans need to realize that they are at a disadvantage in the upcoming negotiations regarding the Fiscal Cliff.

An ode to one-term Congressman Allen West.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

While the conspiracy theory is nuts, there are legitimate reasons to be skeptical of some elements of September’s Jobs Report.

Within minutes after today’s Jobs Report was released, the conspiracy theorists began to come forward.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

There is much to critique in Washington, but the nexus of the governance problem at the moment is the GOP.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

Why have so few Republicans stood up to condemn Allen West?

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

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.

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.