Outside the Beltway

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

The rules that Republicans will be playing under in 2012 are far less revolutionary than some pundits would have you believe.

“Democratic” Pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are out with another wacky Op-Ed.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

Could the GOP go into Tampa next August not knowing who their nominee will be? It’s possible, but not probable.

“Democratic” pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen argue that President Obama should decline to run for re-election.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

Polls are starting to show signs that the sexual harassment allegations are starting to hurt Herman Cain.

For the most part, all those plans the candidates release are barely worth the paper they’re written on.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.

Pundits love to speculate about new candidates entering the race and spicing things up. This will all be academic quite soon because filing dates in key states are fast approaching.

Yet again, a state seeks to buck the primary calendar (and yet again it provides a chance to wonder why we have the nomination system we have).

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Yes, Barack Obama is running for a second term.

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

What does the apparent outcome of the war in Libya mean for the so-called “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine?

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

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

On reflection, the nature of Marcus Bachmann’s influence over his wife is indeed a legitimate question in a political campaign.

Presidents are not a powerful as they seem (and a return to the “are things broken?” theme).

The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.

You thought you’d seen the worst of Congress in July? Oh, you silly American you.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

Move eases way to providing funding to the rebels.

It’s the marketing of college as a panacea that’s a scam, not college itself.

Just how significant is Sarah Palin in the grand scheme of things?

Congress had a chance to send a strong message to the Executive Branch today. They failed.

A retiree with some rather strange views hosted a Tim Pawlenty event.

Hillary Clinton is actively lobbying to be the next president of the World Bank, Reuters reports.

After a week of denial, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted today that he had engaged in online relationships with several women.

Another sad chapter in the slow death of a once proud magazine.

Both sides in the John Edwards case are heading into uncharted territory.