Outside the Beltway

Examining a history that might have been.

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

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.

Conservatives seem to believe that Newt Gingrich can beat Barack Obama merely by debating him. They are delusional.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

The partisan crowds like President Obama’s populist rhetoric but it seems ill-suited for his re-election strategy.

The public supports the Presidents tax plans, but will that matter on Election Day?

While Sarah Palin continues to tease her supporters about a possible Presidential run, the damage she could do to the GOP becomes even more apparent.

Any politician telling you that solving our problems will be easy is lying to you.

It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).

A new book by President Reagan’s youngest son raises allegations that the former President was showing signs of Alzheimer’s Disease while still in office, and that’s led to a family feud between the two Reagan brothers.

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

According to Maureen Dowd, Barack Obama’s biggest problem is that there are too many white people in this picture.

Sarah Palin’s Political Action Committee is starting to look more and more like the beginnings of a run for the White House.