Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin will be heading to yet another important primary state while insisting she isn’t running for President yet. And the press follows her like a lonely puppy.

Once again, Sarah Palin has made herself the center of attention in the political world.

With so many Republicans wringing their hands over the 2012 field, one name that keeps popping up as a possible game changer is Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Is Donald Trump back in the race? Not yet, but he hasn’t ruled it out.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has come to regret the direction he took the network after the 2008 election.

Wall Street says raise the debt ceiling. The Tea Party says no. What will the GOP do?

All signs are that Michele Bachmann is running for president. What impact will she have on the race?

It’s Campaign Fact of Life No. 1: If you aren’t a factor in the race, you aren’t going to get free media.

We won’t have Mike Huckabee to kick around in 2012.

Last night’s Presidential Debate in South Carolina was interesting, but, in the end, not very important.

The debate over “enhanced interrogations” has been renewed by the bin Laden mission, but whether it “worked” or not isn’t the question.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

President Obama chided the media for paying too much attention to the birther issue, but his criticism was unwarranted.

The latest conservative meme seems to be that the White House hates Jesus and the Easter Bunny.

Go the Fuck To Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland.

Charles Krauthammer called Donald Trump the “Al Sharpton” of the GOP presidential primary contest

Sarah Palin was back speaking to a Tea Party crowd yesterday, but it just doesn’t seem like matters anymore.

For the first time, Donald Trump is leading a poll for the GOP 2012 nomination. That’s bad news for the GOP.

Donald Trump is waiting to announce whether he’s running for president until after taping of “The Apprentice” concludes. Some thing NBC shouldn’t allow him to wait.

Mitt Romney forcefully said Tuesday night that he believes President Barack Obama was born in America and that “the citizenship test has been passed.”

Ann Coulter says its time for Birthers to shut up.

Prepare to be underwhelmed by President Obama’s big deficit speech on Wednesday.