Outside the Beltway

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

A new ground game in Iowa?

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.

The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.

The former Speaker has the biggest lead of any candidate thus far in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Newt Gingrich is leading the GOP field, but losing to President Obama, but Republican voters don’t seem to care.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

A story from Tennessee raises further questions about the role of government.

Newt Gingrich is looking really good in the Hawkeye State right now.

Rick Santorum has some extreme views on social welfare. Of course, he isn’t alone.

Stranger things have happened.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

We won’t have Herman Cain to kick around anymore.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Feeling abandoned by the Republican Party, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is weighing a Libertarian Party bid for president.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

Are these The Final Two?

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

Meet Newton Leroy Gingrich, the new “Not Romney.”

The most disturbing part of Saturday’s debate came when most of the GOP candidates endorsed torture.

CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.

Huntsman will gain little if any traction and none of the frontrunners really helped or hurt themselves.

Or, perhaps, the Perry Princple?

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

Like some other Republicans, Rick Santorum has an odd view of the judiciary.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

So far, Hermain Cain seems to be doing okay in the polls.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?