Outside the Beltway

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

The Libertarian Party’s Presidential candidate could prove decisive in determining who wins the Electoral College.

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

It’s been two months since the President has taken questions from the reporters who cover him.

Rob Portman, Bob McDonnell, and Brian Sandoval yield the biggest Electoral College advantage.

Mitt Romney faces an uphill battle in trying to get to that magic number of 270 Electoral Votes.

Andrew Hacker argues that, while quantitative skills are “critical for informed citizenship and personal finance,” making kids master algebra to graduate high school has disastrous consequences.

The election is about the economy. The economy is awful. Yet the incumbent still holds a slight lead.

Yet more evidence that this is shaping up to be a very close election.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

The Libertarian Party has chosen another former Republican politician as their Presidential nominee.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has really good reasons for not wanting to be Vice President.

The body of Corporal Patrick R. Glennon will be returned to his family for burial, 52 years after he was declared missing in action in Korea.

With the nomination pretty much inevitable, it’s time to start thinking about Romney’s running mate.

The vetting process for a Vice-Presidential running mate will likely be very different with memories of the Sarah Palin debacle fresh in everyone’s mind.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Are culture war issues about to make a comeback in the 2012 campaign?

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

Not surprisingly, it’s the end of Huntsmania

Rick Santorum has some bizarre views when it comes to the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Gary Johnson’s quest is quixotic, but interesting nonetheless.

Gary Johnson is jumping ship.

Newt Gingrich last night declared that he would abolish the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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

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

Another bad meme from the GOP.

Gary Johnson is right to be upset that he’s been excluded from debates, but he shouldn’t get the government involved.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

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

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?