Outside the Beltway

Six months ago, there were seventeen candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination. Now, the race is effectively down to three candidates.

Fundraising in the final three months of 2015 largely reflected the state of the race itself, but some candidates are better positioned going forward than others.

The first debate after the Iowa Caucuses will have fewer participants than past debates, and there will be no undercard debate.

With under a month to go before voting starts, the race for the GOP nomination looks about the same as it did before Christmas.

Fox Business Network has announced its criteria for the next GOP Debate, and it looks like Rand Paul, Carly Fiorina, and John Kasich will be kept off the prime time stage.

A pair of new national polls shows a new trend in the GOP race heading into the final debate of 2015.

The quadrennial fantasy of a brokered convention, which American politics has not seen since 1952, is rearing its head again, and it’s no more likely now than it was when we talked about this four years ago.

Fluctuations continue, but the Republican Presidential field appears to be sorting itself out as we near the beginning of a new phase of the campaign.

While Donald Trump and Ben Carson have slipped somewhat in the polls, they both continue to lead the GOP field while Marco Rubio shows signs of breaking out of the middle of the pack.

The criteria for next month’s third Republican Presidential debate have been announced, and they’re likely to end up being bad news for several Republican candidates.

The next Republican debate is likely to be a lot smaller than the previous two, and that could prove fatal for several candidates.

To listen to many of the Republican candidates for President, it would appear that the lights have been turned out on Ronald Reagan’s shining city on a hill.

Most of the Republican candidates for President would rather support a lawbreaker than the Rule of Law. The American people should judge them accordingly.

Not surprisingly, Rick Perry’s effort to get on Virginia’s primary ballot via litigation has failed

Republican candidates have reached out to Tim Tebow for an endorsement. Desperation?

A good night for Romney, a surprising showing for Ron Paul, and the first steps toward the end of the race for the Republican nomination.

Some legal developments in the lawsuit over access to Virginia’s March 6th Primary Ballot.

Barring a disaster, Mitt Romney is going to win the New Hampshire Primary, but who comes in second is still up in the air.

Ten hours later, the candidates seemed more combative than they had been the night before.

Watching last night’s debate, you would have been surprised to learn that Mitt Romney has any real opponents in the Republican race.

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

Rick Santorum returns to his old ways when asked about same-sex marriage.

There seems to be very little stopping a big night for Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Rick Santorum has some bizarre views when it comes to the dispute between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

It was a photo finish in the Hawkeye State.

If you’re running low on cash, keeping it low-key in a state you can’t win sometimes make sense.

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

Heading into the last day of campaigning, the race in Iowa is too close to call.

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

Yet another clue about what’s going on in the Hawkeye State.

A new Iowa polls shows Rick Santorum gaining support. Or does it?

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

It was a Las Vegas slugfest last night, but once again Mitt Romney walked away unscathed.