Outside the Beltway

Can anyone bring the primary debate schedule under control?

Barring a disaster, Mitt Romney is going to win the New Hampshire Primary, but who comes in second is still up in the air.

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.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

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.

Rick Santorum returns to his old ways when asked about same-sex marriage.

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

Rick Santorum now appears to be THE social conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

We give a small number of people a lot of influence.

It was a photo finish in the Hawkeye State.

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.

If you’re running low on cash, keeping it low-key in a state you can’t win sometimes make sense.

When candidates start talking about focusing on post-IA/NH primaries, they are in trouble.

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

So, what’s next?

Rick Perry’s campaign team is already starting to blame each other for the collapse of a campaign that isn’t over yet.

The constant drumbeat of not-really-news stories out of insignificant little Iowa will soon be behind us.

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

Right now, Iowa is all about Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and a bunch of also-rans.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Has Iowa “blown its special claim as the first state” in the nomination process? No, it never had any special claim in the first place.

One of these people will be the 2012 Republican nominee for President no matter how much you’d like to dream otherwise.

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

Gary Johnson is jumping ship.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.

“Democratic” Pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are out with another wacky Op-Ed.

Should Ron Paul find his currently upward trajectory to continue he will find himself facing greater media (and opposition) scrutiny.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.