Outside the Beltway

The much celebrated ban on earmarks isn’t stopping Congressmen from trying to earmark.

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

Are these The Final Two?

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

So, how did we get to the point where a fat, condescending, serial adulterer who left office in disgrace twelve years ago is the latest challenger for the conservative mantle?

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.

Apparently, we should be more like China. Or something.

Meet Newton Leroy Gingrich, the new “Not Romney.”

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

CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

A three-way tie?

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

So far, Hermain Cain seems to be doing okay in the polls.

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?

Quite improbably, Herman Cain remains at the top of the GOP field.

Previewing an Obama-Romney general election.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

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

Michele Bachmann is looking for a few good staffers for the Granite State.

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

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

It was a Las Vegas slugfest last night, but once again Mitt Romney walked away unscathed.