Outside the Beltway

In a radio interview last week, Paul Ryan claimed to have run a sub-3 hour marathon. He did no such thing.

Mitt Romney left one crucial piece out of his speech last night.

The GOP (and our politics in general) will not be healed until there is an honest assessment of what government is (and is not).

Mitt Romney’s speech last night was the best he’s ever given, but it’s impact may have been undercut but several odd production decisions that preceded it.

The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

Over two days of speakers, not a single Republican has mentioned the Tea Party.

Paul Ryan did what he needed to do last night, but in the long run his speech will be lost to history.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Paul Ryan pointed to a shuttered GM plant in his hometown as proof of Obama’s failed policies. The truth will make your head hurt.

It’s official.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Security at the Republican Convention in Tampa looks more like a war zone than a political convention in a democratic republic.

As its convention begins, one has to wonder what has happened to the Republican Party.

Unless something changes, Obama remains the odds-on favorite to win.

For the second Presidential election cycle in a row, a tropical storm has resulted in the postponement of the first day events at the Republican National Convention.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

The Romney/Ryan ticket has gained grown in Wisconsin and Florida, and is steady in Ohio, but they’ve got a Medicare problem.

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

Todd Akin says he will continue to be the Republican nominee for United States Senate from Missouri.

The GOP Platform will include an abortion plank that Todd Akin would love.

The quadrennial political conventions have become, long, boring, tedious, and largely predetermined. It’s time to shake things up by making them a lot shorter.

John Cole takes exception to my recent summary of recent Obama campaign highlight.

No, Barack Obama is not going to dump Joe Biden before the Democratic Convention.

Yesterday it became clear that the Presidential campaign is headed into the mud.

Despite all of the gaffes, jobs reports, and various twists and turns that so fascinate pundits, the race has remained essentially unchanged since April.

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

Has the Romney campaign foolishly abandoned its best argument against the President?

There’s little evidence that Vice-Presidential picks have as big an impact on elections as pundits seem to think.

If a new Gallup poll is any indication, Paul Ryan was not a great pick.

Both campaigns seem to be focusing on an argument that the voters don’t want to hear.

Mitt Romney has effectively rebooted his campaign by picking Paul Ryan, but he’s also handed the President a powerful weapon.