Outside the Beltway

“To Be Announced” has a prime speaking slot late in the Thursday program.

Mitt Romney’s forces won a rules change that will allow future nominees to have more say over their conventions. While this strikes me as a no-brainer, some conservative activists are up in arms.

As its convention begins, one has to wonder what has happened to the Republican Party.

As Isaac bears down on the Gulf Coast, will the Republican Convention be even further impacted?

The Romney Campaign is reportedly planning a more aggressive campaign against the President for the fall.

Tropical Storm Isaac won’t be as much of a danger to Tampa as feared, but it’s still having an impact. That’s all because of bad scheduling ideas.

The former Republican governor of Florida says his former party is so extreme that it holds positions he held two years ago.

For the second Presidential election cycle in a row, a tropical storm has resulted in the postponement of the first day events at the Republican National Convention.

One of these men is going to his party’s convention, the other is not. The reason why is rather obvious.

Romney declared “I believe the president was born in the United States” on national television the day after he announced his 2012 campaign.

The fallout from Todd Akin’s rape comments on Sunday has exposed a rift in the Republican Party.

The GOP is set to approve rules changes that will impact the 2016 primaries, and beyond. They’re a good start.

Mitt Romney says his joke that “No one’s ever asked to see my birth certificate” wasn’t a swipe at the president and once again declared “There’s no question about where [Obama] was born.”

UVA says a presidential visit isn’t worth the hassle or expense. They’re right.

A pre-Convention look at the Electoral College map finds Mitt Romney in the same tight spot he’s been in for months now.

American politics has been reduced to a charade where all people do is yell at each other.

Wherein a National Review piece leads me to think I am the OTB alpha blogger.

The Romney/Ryan ticket has gained grown in Wisconsin and Florida, and is steady in Ohio, but they’ve got a Medicare problem.

National Review’s Kevin Williamson has some truly bizarre advice for Mitt Romney.

National Review’s Keith Williamson can’t fathom why Alpha Male Mitt Romney is having so much trouble beating Girly Man Barack Obama.

Heading into the party conventions, the Presidential race is as close as ever.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

Abortion and “legitimate rape” are not what the Romney campaign should be having to deal with this week.