Outside the Beltway

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

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

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

I can’t be the only one who cringed at his applause line: “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”

It was another good night for Newt Gingrich in Charleston last night.

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?

The race in South Carolina is going down to the wire.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Mitt Romney’s rivals scored a few hits on him last night, but nothing that’s likely to make a difference.

Republicans are rallying behind their eventual nominee.

Things are tightening up among the Republican candidates in the Palmetto State.

Republican candidates have reached out to Tim Tebow for an endorsement. Desperation?

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

A good night for Romney, a surprising showing for Ron Paul, and the first steps toward the end of the race for the Republican nomination.

Is George Bush to blame for a weak Republican field almost four years after he left office? Not entirely.

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

Ten hours later, the candidates seemed more combative than they had been the night before.

Watching last night’s debate, you would have been surprised to learn that Mitt Romney has any real opponents in the Republican race.

Jon Huntsman has gambled everything on New Hampshire. It probably won’t pay off.

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

Since the adoption of the current rules for delegate allocations only twice has either party nominated someone who did not win either IA or NH.

Heading into the last day of campaigning, the race in Iowa is too close to call.

So, what’s next?

For a guy who says he dislikes “activist judges,” Rick Perry sure wants a certain Federal Judge in Virginia to be an activist.

Yet another clue about what’s going on in the Hawkeye State.

If you’re going to take public money, “religious liberty” is not an excuse to fail to comply with the law.

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

A new Iowa polls shows Rick Santorum gaining support. Or does it?

Understanding the state of the GOP field requires recognizing that President Obama is actually pretty moderate.

Becoming a Member of Congress can be a very lucrative career.

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.