Outside the Beltway

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.

An epic collapse in Florida should spell the end of Newt Gingrich’s presidential run. It won’t.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

If the Right clings to the belief that President Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil, it will likely end up handing the election to him.

Last night was the high point of Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign for the Presidency.

Jon Huntsman put on a brave face last night, but he’s really got nowhere to go from here.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Looking back at the Electoral College results of the modern era–and ahead to November.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

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

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

A lesson in why the topline poll numbers are often only the beginning of the puzzle.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

GOP officials are reluctant to resurrect the personal attacks against the President used during the 2008 campaign.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Stranger things have happened.

We won’t have Herman Cain to kick around anymore.

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

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

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

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

With the Super Committee dead, 2012 is likely to see a fight over the defense cuts set to take place starting in 2013.

How did Republicans get in this mess?

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

The venerable conservative columnist once endorsed Romney as a “good option for the Right” but now calls him “the pretzel candidate”

George Will reminds conservatives to look in the mirror if the prospect of a President Romney dismays them.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

If Republicans keep looking for the next Ronald Reagan, they’re going to be disappointed for many reasons.

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

Barack Obama uses a teleprompter. This is not a big deal.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

Why do pundits who are consistently wrong keep getting invited to be on television?

Rush Limbaugh, who three years ago said Mitt Romney embodied all three legs of the conservative stool today declared that Romney is not a conservative. He was right both times.