Outside the Beltway

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Michele Bachmann’s view of history is based in a world view that would be foreign to most Americans.

The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.

Does it matter which candidate the GOP nominates?

Condi Rice’s speechwriter thinks Huntsman can appeal to the Tea Party.

By insisting on perfection in the debt ceiling debate, the Tea Party has made itself irrelevant to the process.

The electoral map should be making the Obama 2012 camp just a little bit nervous.

If Mitt Romney looked in the rear view mirror he might just see Rick Perry gaining on him.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

He’s not in the race (yet), but Rick Perry is already a top-tier 2012 candidate.

A new Tim Pawlenty television ad is raising copyright issues rather than, as intended, bringing back memories of the 80s.

Speculation about Michele Bachmann’s health continues.

A Presidential candidate’s medical condition is entirely relevant to their fitness for office.

David Brooks is mad as hell and he’s not gonna take it anymore.

How much of an American can you be if you are willing to wreck the economy for political gain.

I’ve been hearing whispers that Michele Bachmann’s husband, Marcus, is gay for a while. It’s now exploding into a full-on meme.

For the moment, the GOP race looks like a race between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which should make Romney happy

Of the eight shots in the Sarah Palin cover shoot, all eight feature her in sweatshirts and similar togs. Not exactly presidential.

It was a largely fruitless weekend in the debt negotiations.

Tim Pawlenty took aim at Michele Bachmann yesterday but will he keep up the attack?

More than any other time in the past, the GOP is now firmly under the control of its most conservative members.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

Just how significant is Sarah Palin in the grand scheme of things?

House and Senate Republicans are pushing a Balanced Budget Amendment. It sounds like a good idea, but it isn’t.

Bachmann’s views on the Founders and slavery are more significant than simply a question of how to classify John Quincy Adams.

When Tom Petty found out Michele Bachmann was using his “American Girl” to introduce campaign events, he issued a letter saying, in essence, “Don’t do me like that.”

Bachmann doubles-down on a problematic historical claim.

The odds of history are against Michele Bachmann.