Outside the Beltway

The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

Mitt Romney’s campaign seems have Newt Gingrich targeted.

Newt Gingrich is looking really good in the Hawkeye State right now.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Stranger things have happened.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

Herman Cain will announce his future campaign plans this afternoon but, in some sense, it doesn’t matter what he decides to do.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

Feeling abandoned by the Republican Party, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is weighing a Libertarian Party bid for president.

Mitt Romney’s first television ad is built around a Barack Obama quote that has been cropped so that he’s saying the opposite of what he actually said.

Are these The Final Two?

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?

A new poll appears to show Newt Gingrich surging in New Hampshire, but there are several caveats to take into account.

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.

A righteous movement risks derailment by a handful of thugs and reprobates.

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

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

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

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

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.