Outside the Beltway

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is ending a Presidential bid nobody knew existed.

President Trump And the RNC raised a record amount in the second quarter of the year.

There’s growing evidence that Donald Trump’s tweets are hurting him but his aides have basically given up trying to control his Twitter habit.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

The just-concluded British General Election was also a clash between two former top advisers to President Obama.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

Mitt Romney won the debate last night, but it’s not at all clear that this will matter at all.

Both campaigns are trying to set the stage for Wednesday’s debate.

So, Mitt Romney opened his mouth again.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.

The Obama campaign has begun to respond to the addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican ticket.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

The Obama campaign is stressing that 98 percent of its donations were from little guys contributing $250 or less. But 40 percent of the money came from a handful of major donors.

The new year will bring major changes to the White House Staff.