Outside the Beltway

Two gone: 14 to go.

The latest effort by conservative Republicans to oust John Boehner appears to be coming to an unsurprising end.

Donald Trump is back to hurling insults at his opponents, but it’s unlikely his supporters are going to care.

Speaker John Boehner seems likely to see another leadership threat from fellow Republicans this fall.

Two candidates with no political experienced whatsoever are tied in Iowa as Republican voters continue to reject anyone with political experience.

Some Republicans are threatening a government shutdown over funding of Planned Parenthood, but a new poll shows that it would be a big political risk for Republicans.

Two candidates with no experience in elected office are leading the Republican field.

Donald Trump is still in the lead of the Republican circus, but the rest of the field remains uncertain in the wake of the first debate.

The Senate Majority Leader says there will be no immigration reform while Obama is President. This is unlikely to help the GOP’s already serious problems with Latino voters.

Donald’s Trump’s campaign is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of emotion-drive, substance-free politics.

Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be making a play for whatever portion of the GOP it may be that still likes Sarah Palin.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

A little known Congressman from North Carolina has filed a motion to “remove” John Boehner from the Speakership.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves for the anti-immigrant Frankenstein in their midst.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

It was a close vote, but Virginia’s Republican leaders did the smart thing yesterday in picking a primary over a convention in 2016.

Virginia Republicans are deciding later this week how they will make their choice in the 2016 Presidential Race. And they may end up regretting their decision.

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

The Iowa Straw Poll seems to be dying, and that’s a good thing.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

For reasons only he can understand. South Carolina’s senior Senator will be entering the race for the White House early next month.

Two Republican candidates for President say that Republican elected officials should simply ignore the Supreme Court if it strikes down bans on same-sex marriage.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now appealing to the worst aspects of economic populism on the right.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

Marco Rubio is the first Republican in the race who actually has a plausible chance to win the nomination, but it’s not going to be easy.

Rand Paul is the latest Republican to enter the race, but his path to even becoming a contender is a difficult one at best.

The Justice Department will not pursue contempt charges against Lois Lerner because it has determined that she did not waive her rights under the Fifth Amendment.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is getting ready to jump into the race for President, but he has an uphill fight ahead of him.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

Ted Cruz kicks off with the first of what is likely to be a string of candidates getting into the 2016 race in the coming month.

As expected, Republicans have caved in the showdown over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Just as his political star is rising among conservatives, Scott Walker is walking back his previous support for immigration reform.

The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.

The Tea Party may be the most vocal wing of the GOP but most Republicans seems to favor candidates that aren’t quite so right wing.

Even with a House and Senate majority, the GOP is unlikely to get what it wants in its current immigration battle with the President.

He’s tan. He’s rested. And, apparently, he’s ready. Mitt Romney seems very interested in 2016 all of a sudden.

The terror attack in Paris seems likely to undercut GOP efforts to use the DHS budget to attack the President’s immigration policies.

In the end, the Tea Party challenge to John Boehner was a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

Over the weekend, Mike Huckabee took another step that suggests that he is indeed planning on running for President in 2016.