Outside the Beltway

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.

Mitt Romney seems headed for a big, and important, victory tomorrow in Florida.

NBC poll shows no bounce for Newt Gingrich is Rick Santorum quits the race

An epic collapse in Florida should spell the end of Newt Gingrich’s presidential run. It won’t.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Bad Newt is back.

Sarah Palin isn’t running for President, and she hasn’t officially endorsed anyone, but that hasn’t stopped her from putting her thumb on the scale.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Tom Brokaw isn’t happy with Mitt Romney’s latest ad, which use of a 1997 NBC news report on Newt Gingrich’s ethics.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

It was another big night for Mitt Romney. A night that may just have helped him lock up the Florida Primary.

Right now the situation in Florida is Advantage: Romney. But, will it last after tonight’s debate?

The entire above-the-fold of Drudge Report is devoted to anti-Gingrich stories, which continue on scrolling.

Wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich’s new out of this world idea.

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

Mitch Daniels got the unenviable task of responding to the State Of The Union Address last night.

He may be praising Ronald Reagan now, but Newt Gingrich was singing a different tune in the 1980s.

Newt Gingrich was wondering where his audience was last night.

An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated whom Newt Gingrich is said to have asked for an “open marriage.” It was an ex-wife, not his current wife.

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

Is there any there there?

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

Conservatives seem to believe that Newt Gingrich can beat Barack Obama merely by debating him. They are delusional.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

People who ought to know better are now concocting absurd scenarios to get around a really weak Republican presidential field.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

Newt Gingrich has amazingly high unfavorables.

Getting to the heart of last night’s moment of kabuki theater.

Mitt Romney has stumbled this week, and may pay for it tomorrow, but he’s still the only candidate with a realistic chance to win the Republican nomination.

I can’t be the only one who cringed at his applause line: “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”