Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney still has problems with Southern whites that could pose problems for him in states like Virginia and North Carolina.

It’s official.

Though still just a Tropical Storm, Isaac has the potential to be as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

In my adult memory, the American South was a one-party Democratic region for all but presidential elections. Aside from minority set-aside districts, the reversal is near complete.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

While you might think of Yale as an elite school, it’s business school is ranked 21st–below Michigan State’s.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

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

Another potential scandal in New Orleans.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

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

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

Yesterday, the campaign silly season got particularly silly.

Mitt Romney won big in Illinois last night, and moved a big step closer to wrapping this race up.

It looks like we’ll have Newt Gingrich to kick around for awhile.

The voter ID issue goes on the road.

Last night’s results ensure the race will continue to the convention.

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

Trying to open a new business can be a massive and costly headache.

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

Dead people almost voted in New Hampshire. Zombie democracy is nigh!

There’s no perfect system for choosing a champion but we can do better than this.

Can anyone bring the primary debate schedule under control?

There seems to be very little stopping a big night for Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

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

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.