Outside the Beltway

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.

Gingrich has some pretty radical ideas about separation of powers.

“Democratic” Pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are out with another wacky Op-Ed.

A new ground game in Iowa?

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

How much should Paul’s newletter and his questionable associations matter?

Like many Republicans before him, Newt Gingrich is trying to claim the mantle of Reagan. He is the one least entitled to it.

Should Ron Paul find his currently upward trajectory to continue he will find himself facing greater media (and opposition) scrutiny.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.

The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

Signs that Newt Gingrich’s rise may be faltering.

Musing about his smarts.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

The former Speaker has the biggest lead of any candidate thus far in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Newt Gingrich is leading the GOP field, but losing to President Obama, but Republican voters don’t seem to care.

Usually if a quote is too good to be true, it is.

Back in the late 90s, Newt wanted to execute marjiuana traffickers.

Yesterday’s encounter between Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich was less than it could have been.

Savage has offered Gingrich one million dollars to drop out of the race and Beck has said that he’d vote for Ron Paul as a third party candidate rather than supporting the former Speaker.

How likely is it that a GOP Senate would eliminate the filibuster? Not very.

A lesson in why the topline poll numbers are often only the beginning of the puzzle.

Except, of course, the parts he doesn’t like.