Outside the Beltway

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

Former US Senator Arlen Specter is reportedly hospitalized with “a serious illness.”

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?

Jon Huntsman calls for an end to “unforced errors in immigration policy.”

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.

To much fanfare, President Obama announced a shift in Afghan War policy in December 2009. There’s little evidence it’s worked.

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.

The fact that yesterday’s shooting at the Empire State Building resulted in nine civilians being injured by police bullets raises several questions.

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.

Bill Keith built a successful business making solar-powered ceiling fans. The President’s trade policies are in the process of destroying it.

A former Obama official says government should learn from business, but is private industry really more efficient?

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.