Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin’s law firm has been calling states about primary filing deadlines.

Pundits love to speculate about new candidates entering the race and spicing things up. This will all be academic quite soon because filing dates in key states are fast approaching.

Last night’s speech at the Reagan Library did nothing to stop people from speculating about Chris Christie’s Presidential plans.

House Energy and Commerce Committee “is investigating Planned Parenthood’s federal funding, requesting lots of docs.”

The Supreme Court is on track to issue its most anticipated ruling in years right in the middle a Presidential campaign.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

Rick Perry has stumbled out of the gate, but he’ll be in this race for the long haul

Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?

Another round of rumors is out claiming that Chris Christie is thinking about running for President.

Rick Santorum is tired of “filth” atop Google searches for his name and wants the company to do something about it.

With the economy at the forefront of the public’s mind, the GOP needs to be careful in its response to President Obama’s new jobs bill.

Rick Perry’s month in the GOP race for the White House has sent Michele Bachmann’s poll numbers into the basement.

Rick Perry took a stroll down the third rail of American politics last night.

There were eight people on the stage last night, but the GOP field has narrowed significantly.

Last night’s GOP debate was a two-man affair.

Richard Cohen reports that people like Richard Cohen have lost their enthusiasm for Barack Obama.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

The rapid spread of information on Twitter is challenging POLITICO’s business model.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

Rick Perry’s position on immigration-related issues could be a problem for the same conservatives who have been getting behind him.

The White House is still smarting over the fact that they got burned by John Boehner, again.

Rick Perry isn’t as radical as some on the left are saying, but that doesn’t mean he’s any good.

Repeating the “destruction creates wealth” fallacy every time there’s a natural disaster doesn’t make it any less of a fallacy.

Political journalists aren’t like you and me. Well, you, anyway.

If Palin runs and loses, is that the end of Palin?

The treasurer behind “Rick Parry with an ‘A’ for America” has left to work with Rick Perry

Sarah Palin’s paranoia about the media was on full display during her recent visit to Iowa.

Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.

Rick Perry declared, “One of the reasons that I’m running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.”

The Obama re-election campaign is preparing an extraordinarily negative campaign against Mitt Romney.

The immediate reaction among the political class to the debt downgrade was the play the same old stupid games.

Tim Pawlenty is rethinking his campaign strategy.

Michael Cohen argues that our system is broken because Republicans will no longer compromise.

You thought you’d seen the worst of Congress in July? Oh, you silly American you.

Vice President Biden has called Congressional Republicans and their Tea Party backers “terrorists.”