Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump has yet again duped the media into giving him attention by hyping a “bombshell” that turned out to be a nothing-burger.

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

A POLITICO analysis finds that “Obama and his top campaign aides have engaged far more frequently in character attacks and personal insults than the Romney campaign.”

As Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, will the Republican Convention be even further impacted?

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

Mitt Romney will likely be the first challenger able to outspend a sitting president. He’ll need it.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

There is no Republican savior out there.

The Mongo Like Ghandi Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

You thought the birthers went away? Silly you.

Can anyone bring the primary debate schedule under control?

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

How did Republicans get in this mess?

So, how did we get to the point where a fat, condescending, serial adulterer who left office in disgrace twelve years ago is the latest challenger for the conservative mantle?

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.