Outside the Beltway

Ben Carson is running for President.

Even for political junkies, the thrill seems to be gone.

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Ben Carson is inching closer to running for President, and he’s continuing to pander to the most extreme elements of the Republican Party.

Rick Santorum looks to be getting ready to hit the campaign trail again, but it’s doubtful he can find appeal beyond the religious conservatives who supported him in 2012.

Ben Carson is not a serious candidate for President, but he’s likely to get a lot of support from the GOP’s Tea Party wing.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

The most bizarre race of 2014 is finally over.

Notwithstanding the hype, there’s one very big reason why the idea of Elizabeth Warren as a viable candidate for President doesn’t make much sense.

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

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

The very idea of a “war on religion” in the United States is absurd.

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

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

Can Rick Perry bounce back from the epic disaster of his 2012 campaign?

Top Republican donors are starting to look at the former Governor of Florida as their candidate in 2016.

Calling anyone a front-runner in a race where we’re still two years away from anyone casting votes is silly. Nonetheless, Rand Paul is an interesting guy to watch for those wondering if the GOP has actually changed.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.

Could Rick Perry recover from his disastrous 2012 campaign to become a viable candidate?

Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.

Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum apparently talked about uniting to stop Romney during the 2012 Republican primaries.

Two-term Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss will not seek re-election in 2014.

Today, there are many millions of Americans who can tell one Kardashian sister from another, but have no idea that Barack Obama has compiled the worst presidential record since Jimmy Carter.

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Republicans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Will they learn the right lessons from their loss?

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

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

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

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

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Figuring out how much of the opposition to a black president is based on racism is . . . complicated.

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

Will Twitter impact the 2012 elections? The evidence seems thin that it will.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

We won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore.