Outside the Beltway

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.

From across the pond, an observation that the way we pick Presidents isn’t really that bad after all.

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

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

A three-way tie?

Rick Perry’s “oops” moment may have closed the door on his presidential ambitions but it has opened the window for a promising career as a comic.

Last night, most of the leading Republican candidates for President acted as if Europe was on another planet.

Or, perhaps, the Perry Princple?

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

The theory that Rick Perry is not a complete moron took another serious blow in last night’s debate.

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

A cynical racial play by Herman Cain.

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

It is not unreasonable for Cain to look at the Perry campaign as the source of his current woes.

For the most part, all those plans the candidates release are barely worth the paper they’re written on.

George Will reminds conservatives to look in the mirror if the prospect of a President Romney dismays them.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

Do we place too much importance on performance in presidential debates?

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

Quite improbably, Herman Cain remains at the top of the GOP field.

On the day his campaign is set to make a major economic roll out, Rick Perry went the birther route again.

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

Finding a job gets harder when businesses discover they don’t need to hire as many people as they used to.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

Michele Bachmann is looking for a few good staffers for the Granite State.

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.