Outside the Beltway

The vetting process for a Vice-Presidential running mate will likely be very different with memories of the Sarah Palin debacle fresh in everyone’s mind.

Rick Santorum won Louisiana last night, but he’s still going to lose the race for the nomination.

Looking also at Zimmerman’s 911 call and who pursued whom.

Like most endorsements, Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Mitt Romney is unlikely to have a major impact on the race.

Yesterday, Rick Santorum started to demonstrate that his campaign has run out of a logical reason to exist.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.

Would Rick Santorum be the frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination? Not necessarily.

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

There is no Republican savior out there.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

People who ought to know better are now concocting absurd scenarios to get around a really weak Republican presidential field.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

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

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.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

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

Some think that 2012 will be like 1992. However, that analogy is problematic.

With the customary hand-wringing over the low quality of the presidential field well underway, the corollary pining for other candidates to join the race is starting.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

Republicans begin to discover that defeating an incumbent President isn’t an easy task.

President Obama isn’t unbeatable in 2012. but it’s clear even now that he’s going to be a far more formidable opponent than many Republicans seem to think.

Polls matching President Obama against potential Republican contenders are entertaining but not informative.

New polling shows that Mitt Romney is well behind the Fox News candidates for 2012.