Outside the Beltway

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

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

Signs that Newt Gingrich’s rise may be faltering.

Musing about his smarts.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

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.

Except, of course, the parts he doesn’t like.

In a desperate bid to save a floundering campaign, Rick Perry is willing to sacrifice important freedoms.

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

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

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

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?

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

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.

Rick Perry wants a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent ground forces from harming civilians.

Are these The Final Two?

How did Republicans get in this mess?

“Democratic” pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen argue that President Obama should decline to run for re-election.

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

So, how did we get to the point where a fat, condescending, serial adulterer who left office in disgrace twelve years ago is the latest challenger for the conservative mantle?

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

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

Another bad meme from the GOP.

Rick Perry is out with a plan to reform Washington. Mostly, it’s just a bunch of gimmicks.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.