Outside the Beltway

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Stranger things have happened.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

We won’t have Herman Cain to kick around anymore.

Herman Cain will announce his future campaign plans this afternoon but, in some sense, it doesn’t matter what he decides to do.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

What does the Cain candidacy say about the contemporary GOP?

Another allegation of sexual wrongdoing for Herman Cain.

Feeling abandoned by the Republican Party, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is weighing a Libertarian Party bid for president.

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

The Walk About Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

Are these The Final Two?

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

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?

Herman Cain has either doubled down on his foreign policy ignorance or proven himself a man of great nuance.

A new poll appears to show Newt Gingrich surging in New Hampshire, but there are several caveats to take into account.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.

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

Perry proves again that he really doesn’t know why he is running (plus a few comments on his proposal).

The Associated Press is trying to fight Twitter rather than engage it.

John Hawkins has compiled a list of The Top 20 Most Influential Black Republicans. It’s not impressive.