Outside the Beltway

The “Ronald Reagan” that many of today’s conservatives wish today’s Republicans were more like didn’t actually exist.

If Sarah Palin isn’t running for President, why is she comparing herself to Ronald Reagan ?

If the Republicans win back Congress in November, it will be largely unearned. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no incentive for change in American politics.

Once again, Washington is abuzz with rumors that Hillary Clinton will be replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee in 2012.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

Support for the Tea Party is at record levels but that movement does not have a coherent policy platform. Can the energy be harnessed to good use?

A Vanity Fair piece imagines what John Lennon’s life would have been like had he survived an assassin’s bullet.

Is Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 ? It’s looking more and more likely that the answer might be yes.

Conservatives have latched on to a few words in a decade-old article by Democrat Chris Coons in their efforts to boost the candidacy of Christine O’Donnell in Delaware.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels appears to be quietly putting together the beginnings of a campaign for President of the United States. Don’t count him out by any means.

Christine O’Donnell has become the latest star of the Tea Party movement, and her primary battle with Mike Castle the latest battleground over the future of the Republican Party.

Democrats are sending some of their candidates to the Death Panels.

The nation’s 2nd smallest state is becoming the biggest battleground between the Establishment GOP and Tea Party insurgents.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is superbly qualified for the presidency. But our system virtually assures that he won’t be a serious contender for the job.

The competition for 25 Greatest Americans was steep. Only 3/4 of Mount Rushmore made the cut.

A Southern Baptist Democratic president hated by conservatives is largely responsible for the rise of the American craft brew industry.

The Democrats are pulling a trick from the Reagan playbook for the fall campaign. They might want to rethink that.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

Twenty-five years after retiring as President Reagan’s Budget Director, David Stockman is back with a scathing indictment of Republican fiscal policies over the past four decades.

While political junkies dissect every vote and utterance, most Americans vote based on their gut sense of how the economy is doing.

Too many conservatives forget Ronald Reagan’s dictum that “somebody who agrees with you 80% of the time is an 80% friend not a 20% enemy.”

A bizarre rant in American Spectator contains some interesting thoughts about the nature of America’s political elite.

The Obama Administration seems to be saying that “Blame Bush” will be at the core of their re-election strategy. Good idea ? Not really.

Presidential approval ratings at the 18-month mark don’t tell you much about re-election prospects.

A survey of historians ranks Obama as the 15th best president ever, ahead of Ronald Reagan and behind Bill Clinton.

If people feel the need to evoke Reagan, it would be nice if they would evoke the real one, rather than an alt reality version.

South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham sees the beginning of the end of the Tea Parties, and he’s probably right.

The Governator will not be missed, apparently.

How super-dramatic, amazing and unprecedented would it be if Emanuel left his job at the WH?