Outside the Beltway

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

The Governor of Iowa thinks the Ames Straw Poll should be ended, but he really ought to go further than that.

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

The 2012 Election should be a warning to the GOP that it needs to open itself up to minority groups, especially Latinos.

Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.

Last night’s debate was rough and tumble, but it’s unlikely to change the state of the race.

Many on the right are heavily invested in the argument that current polling is intentionally biased against Mitt Romney. Their argument is not very plausible.

Whether Republicans like it or not, Mitt Romney was the best candidate they had in 2012.

The Romney campaign seems to be responding to criticism by pretending it hears no evil.

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

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

By failing to respond adequately, Mitt Romney is letting his opponent define him for the voters. That could hurt him greatly in November.

A new report on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain Capital seems to be much ado about nothing.

Looking back on the GOP nomination fight, it’s rather obvious that the media overplayed the idea that there was ever a real race going on.

America’s Drug War has caused more problems for Mexico than Fast & Furious ever will.

Was money the reason Scott Walker won on Tuesday? The available evidence says no.

The Obama campaign’s focus on Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital don’t seem to be working.

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

Further cementing his reputation as a sleaze bag, Newt Gingrich is now renting out the private information of his donors.

We won’t have Rick Santorum to kick around anymore.

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

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

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

Fox News’ Carl Cameron is reporting on a secret plot by the two most embarrassing candidates from the 2012 Republican field to team up in order to win an incredibly unlikely brokered convention.

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

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

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

There is no Republican savior out there.

Billionaires have been free to donate as much money as they want to activist groups since the dawn of the Republic.

Once again, the face of the Republican race has changed.

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.