Outside the Beltway

Paul Ryan takes himself out of contention as a potential Republican nominee.

If Donald Trump fails to get a majority to win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland, battles taking place behind the scenes now suggest that the floor fight in Cleveland could be long and contentious.

With the Republican nomination fight down to two incredibly unappealing candidates, some Republican insiders are talking about looking elsewhere for a nominee.

The 2016 Campaign just keeps getting weirder.

The effort to stop Donald Trump seems likely to set off a civil war inside the Republican Party.

It seems increasingly apparent that the only way to stop Donald Trump now is by trying to force a contested convention. It also seems clear that such a plan probably wouldn’t succeed.

As expected, Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, putting himself one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for President.

Bizarrely, the Marco Rubio campaign seems to be telling donors that their candidate may have to hope for a brokered convention to win the GOP nomination.

Donald Trump hasn’t hit the point of inevitability yet, but time is running short if Republicans are going to stop him.

Donald Trump racks up another big win, while Marco Rubio surges into second and likely saves his campaign for now.

Donald Trump is back on top, but the field below him remains as confused as ever.

Ben Carson threatens to leave the GOP over recent reports about plans for a brokered convention, but with his poll numbers collapsing one wonders why anyone would care if he did.

A leaked memo from a top Republican adviser tries to tell vulnerable Senate candidates how to deal with the possibility that they’ll be stuck with Trump on the top of the ticket.

Two months after seemingly promising to remain loyal to the Republican Party, Donald Trump is again refusing to rule out an independent run for the White House next year.

A new poll shows that Democratic voters are less engaged in the 2016 campaign right now than Republicans are, but that probably doesn’t mean that much for next year.

Rand Paul is out with one of his more forceful attacks on Republican hawks to date.

The Beer Goggles Not Included Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Rick Santorum looks to be getting ready to hit the campaign trail again, but it’s doubtful he can find appeal beyond the religious conservatives who supported him in 2012.

Clearly, the Romney campaign didn’t get the point of social media.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.

‘The Decision’ is undecided.

The Kentucky Senator and former Vice-President are at the front of a battle that will unfold inside the GOP as we head toward 2016.

Fears about convention goers taking advantage of Colorado’s marijuana laws could harm Denver’s chances of getting the GOP Convention.

An award for breaking a campaign promise.

What could possibly go wrong?

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

Down in Alabama, the Stupid Party is being particularly stupid.

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

The Chairman of the RNC wants the GOP to hold its quadrennial convention earlier in the year. He’s right.

Former Senator Bob Dole joins the list of those not too happy with the current state of the Republican Party.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City and one of America’s most colorful politicians, has died at 88.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

Guess who’s back?

Without question, Barack Obama won the foreign policy debate in the 2012 campaign.

The ink is barely dry on Barack Obama’s victory and some conservatives are already focusing blame on the Governor of New Jersey.