Outside the Beltway

Major metropolitan areas are routinely shut down for presidential fundraisers.

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

John Boehner speaks an inconvenient, for Mitt Romney at least, truth.

With four months to go until Election Day, the Obama Campaign was greeted with a very dismal jobs report this morning.

London’s iconic clock tower, known affectionately as “Big Ben” for some 150 years, has been renamed “Elizabeth Tower” in honor of QE2’s 60 years as royal figurehead.

The 1976 Pulitizer prize winner is phoning it in.

The “Mormon Question” that has long plagued Mitt Romney is being raised again by a new study showing the sentiment rising among liberals and non-believers.

Neil Munro acted like a jerk, but Barack Obama needs to be more open to questions than he has been.

The Republican nominee gets some backhanded praise from an unlikely source, MoJo blogger Kevin Drum.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

What lessons can we draw from the Wisconsin Recall?

87% of those who gave at least $200 to Barack Obama in 2008 have not yet done so in 2012.

A spate of bad economic news foretells a shift in the campaign for President.

The official portrait of George W. Bush, the 43rd president, was unveiled at the White House yesterday. The ceremony was a rare display of political humor and grace.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

For the first time in 68 years, neither major party candidate for President has served in the military. Does this matter?

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

White babies now constitute slightly less than half of American births.

The Oval Office is nothing like a corporate boardroom.

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

Optimism sells. Someone should remind the GOP of this fact.

Once again, the jobs market appears to be slowing.

Osama bin Laden’s death provides Barack Obama with an important political shield during the upcoming campaign.

We seldom blame presidents for bold actions that go wrong. We despise them for appearing weak and indecisive.

Fox, Rasmussen, and Gallup show Romney slightly ahead of Obama. I’m willing to call it a trend.

We need a lot less fake empathy in politics.

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

OTB’s comment section as a microcosm of the American political landscape.

Unsurprisingly, the Department of Justice confirms that it supports Marbury v. Madison

A crack in the orthodoxy?

It seems to have been a rough day for the individual mandate at the Supreme Court.

The vetting process for a Vice-Presidential running mate will likely be very different with memories of the Sarah Palin debacle fresh in everyone’s mind.

Rick Santorum won Louisiana last night, but he’s still going to lose the race for the nomination.

The odds are against anyone who challenges an incumbent President. So, how do you do it?

It looks like we’ll have Newt Gingrich to kick around for awhile.