Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

There’s much to question about The Washington Post’s decision to run a 47 year old story about Mitt Romney.

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

When Dan Drezner tweeted “I’m not going to read anything dumber than this today,” my inclination was to scoff. He actually undersold it.

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.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

The Senate didn’t have a productive 2011. Is this just a case of laziness?

Thanks to a media that focuses obsessively on irrelevancies, we now have a permanent political silly season.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

The Romney campaign is pushing back on the “Republican War on Women” meme with this infographic on “Women & The Obama Economy.”

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

With the nomination pretty much inevitable, it’s time to start thinking about Romney’s running mate.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.

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.

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Some Republicans seem intent on repeating the mistakes of 2008.

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Our political scene has changed drastically since Bob Kerrey was last in the Senate.

A discussion in the comments thread of my “Time Running Out For GOP?” post led me to a post from four-plus years ago by frequent commenter and erstwhile blogger* Michael Reynolds titled “Money, Bombs and Jesus.”

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that anyone will have the race for the nomination wrapped up any time soon.

Rising prices at the pump could lead to problems at the voting booth.

The Massachusetts Moderate has won the Conservative Political Action Conference poll for a fourth time.

If the reaction at this year’s CPAC is any indication, Mitt Romney still has some work to do to seal up his party’s base.

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