Outside the Beltway

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

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

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

On the day his campaign is set to make a major economic roll out, Rick Perry went the birther route again.

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

Previewing an Obama-Romney general election.

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.

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

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

Pondering Tea Party comparisons as well as the “does it matter?” question.

Rick Perry has gotten the most and best coverage thus far in the campaign. President Obama has gotten mostly negative coverage.

Rick Santorum says Saturday Night Live is bullying” him  for “standing up for the traditional family.”

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

Byron York argues that the lesson of Rick Perry’s candidacy is “Think before you run.”

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.

Herman Cain is leading Mitt Romney in two respected polls.

Rick Perry’s campaign isn’t dead by any means, but he needs to turn things around soon.

Now that he’s a top tier candidate, it’s hard to see how Herman Cain’s tax plan can withstand serious scrutiny.

Romney consolidated his position as the presumptive nominee, Perry continued his disintegration, Cain discovered what it was like to be a serious candidate, and Bachmann doubled down on crazy.

Two candidates face a test tonight.

In a move sure to make conservative heads explode, Chris Christie is set to endorse Mitt Romney for president.

The Republican race remains as fluid as it has ever been.

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

The key to my understanding of Mitt Romney’s foreign policy rollout is the assumption “this is fundamentally a campaign document rather than a governing platform.”

Rick Perry has serious problems with what people think about his immigration position.

Even those sympathetic to the causes are frustrated with the squalor and other negative externalities of the protests.

Rick Perry’s unforced error streak continues.

My latest for The Atlantic, “Romney’s Realist Foreign Policy Is a Lot Like Obama’s,” has been posted.