Outside the Beltway

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

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.

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

Are these The Final Two?

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Another meme debunked, plus some thoughts on policy.

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?

Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.

CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.

A three-way tie?

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

Like some other Republicans, Rick Santorum has an odd view of the judiciary.

The Electoral College doesn’t matter in the way pundits think it does.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

Another potential problem for the Cain campaign.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

Quite improbably, Herman Cain remains at the top of the GOP field.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.