Outside the Beltway

Alan Simpson is imparting wisdom to his fellow Republicans. I doubt they will listen.

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

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Some Republicans see the light on same-sex marriage. Whether the party will listen is another question.

Optimism sells. Someone should remind the GOP of this fact.

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

Ruthlessly avoiding fights that aren’t worth the risk is shrewd leadership. But Romney still needs to show he can fight and win.

Based on the postmortems, it certainly seems like the Romney campaign threw Richard Grenell under the bus.

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.

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

Republican Mitt Romney leads President Obama 46-44 in the latest Fox News poll of registered voters.

What would have happened if Sarah Palin had decided to run for the Republican nomination this year?

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

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

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

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.

Solutions come from understanding, not denial or political posturing

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

Republicans continue to harp on the fact that the President uses a TelePrompter.

Several newspapers are refusing to run this week’s Doonesbury strip.

Rush Limbaugh may be a jerk, but he has a right to be a jerk.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.

Would Rick Santorum be the frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination? Not necessarily.

The race will go on after Super Tuesday, but the outcome seems ineviable

A new poll shows the current level of GOP support in the Hispanic community.

Is it fair to single out the most powerful man in radio’s commentary for attention?

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

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

There is no Republican savior out there.

A Northeastern Republican announces retirement. And GOP hopes for control of the Senate in 2013 become more tenuous.