Outside the Beltway

The United States tops the world in giving money, volunteering time, and helping strangers.

Those of us who obsess over politics and policy on a daily basis in no way represent the typical voter.

How many more electoral cycles will we have to endure this ritual?

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.

One conservative contends that George Bailey is teaching America the wrong lessons.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

Thanks to their own ineptitude, House Republicans suffered a big defeat this week. They totally deserved it.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

Where is the economy headed? The signals are mixed at best.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has set the House GOP adrift.

Ron Paul has a provocative new ad out asking Americans to imagine Chinese or Russian troops occupying Texas in the way American troops occupied Iraq and are occupying Afghanistan.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

A comment on the commentariat.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

Gary Johnson is jumping ship.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

A gay man claims Newt Gingrich told him to vote for Obama.

The House GOP doesn’t seem to have any idea what it’s doing right now.

So what was it: taken out of context or written by someone else?