Outside the Beltway

Now that he’s a top tier candidate, it’s hard to see how Herman Cain’s tax plan can withstand serious scrutiny.

The Republican race remains as fluid as it has ever been.

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

The partisan crowds like President Obama’s populist rhetoric but it seems ill-suited for his re-election strategy.

Dick Morris has a penchant for counter-intuitive analysis. And for being wildly wrong.

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

The latest Gallup poll shows a record 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

Rick Perry has faltered, and that has given Mitt Romney an opening.

The public supports the Presidents tax plans, but will that matter on Election Day?

Rick Perry is still the GOP frontrunner, but his status far from secure.

Public disapproval of Congress continues to fall.

Support for interracial marriage is now almost universal across America.

President Obama’s approval ratings are at an all-time low. Only 33% of whites and 48% of Hispanics approve. He’s still at 84% among blacks.

Richard Cohen reports that people like Richard Cohen have lost their enthusiasm for Barack Obama.

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

It never ceases to amaze me how many smart people manage to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that their political philosophy has massive support.

America’s journalists are far more liberal than America.

How would a Democrat-equivalent of Rick Perry be received?

Rick Perry’s rise in the polls can be traced to factors that threaten both Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann

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.

It’s a shame that Duverger’s Law doesn’t come with criminal penalties.

Meet your new Republican frontrunner.

Jon Huntsman just tweeted, “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

President Obama’s job approval numbers are even worse when you just look at the economy.

Rick Perry declared, “One of the reasons that I’m running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.”

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

Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.

If Mitt Romney looked in the rear view mirror he might just see Rick Perry gaining on him.

President Obama is polling at 46.8 percent, below the level needed to win re-election.

Three new polls provide a warning to both sides of the debt negotiations, but mostly to Republicans.

A majority of Americans want to ban smoking in public; a fifth want to ban it even in private.

If you look at the polls, the GOP has several things to be concerned about in the debate over the debt ceiling.

President Obama has walked out of negotiations on the debt ceiling with an agreement is nowhere in sight.

A new Gallup poll discovers something rather obvious, but there’s still a lesson for the GOP.

Recent polls seem to indicate a shift in public opinion in a more libertarian direction.