Outside the Beltway

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.

That a popular two-term governor of Utah is being rejected by likely Republican primary voters as insufficiently conservative shows just how extreme American politics has gotten.

It’s a shame that Duverger’s Law doesn’t come with criminal penalties.

He’s been out of office for more than two years, but George W. Bush is still being blamed for the state of the economy.

Meet your new Republican frontrunner.

Her appeal is not her ideas, policies, or achievements but her personality and appeal to the red meat base.

If Palin runs and loses, is that the end of Palin?

Rick Perry is leading the GOP field in Iowa, but there are warning signs for Republicans as a whole if you look deeper.

Is she in or is she out? And does it matter?

In the book he released last year , Rick Perry advocated far reaching changes to the Constitution.

Jon Huntsman is not going to be the Republican nominee in 2012, but he seems ready to carve out a niche for himself.

Does Bachmann think the USSR is on the rise? I expect not, but her defense and fiscal policy skills still need some work.

Like Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry has something to say about evolution today and he handled it very differently.

Rick Perry’s vision of capitalism doesn’t exactly comply with what Adam Smith had in mind.

Jon Huntsman just tweeted, “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

President Obama’s job approval numbers are even worse when you just look at the economy.

What’s the bottom line in the Texas jobs discussion?

Michele Bachmann is promising $2.00 gas. Not surprisingly, she has no idea how to achieve this seemingly impossible goal.

Is Chris Christie reconsidering his previous statements about not running for President? More importantly, why are so many Republicans still dissatisfied with the field?

Do we have a new frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination?

The first poll in the wake of Michele Bachmann’s victory at Ames and Rick Perry’s entry into the race shows a brand new frontrunner

Some Republicans apparently still aren’t satisfied with the 2012 field.

Comparing Bachmann and Palin in regards to managing the media.

More on Texas and jobs.

Rick Perry has walked back his support for mandatory HPV vaccination but the broader issue still remains.

It’s Rick Perry’s second day on the campaign trail, and he’s already trading barbs with the guy at the top of the field.

Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.

On reflection, the nature of Marcus Bachmann’s influence over his wife is indeed a legitimate question in a political campaign.

Taking an initial look into the Texas economy.

Rick Perry will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?

Rick Perry declared, “One of the reasons that I’m running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.”

Further evidence of Bachmann’s extreme views on homosexuality.