Outside the Beltway

Some good news in the November jobs report, but not very much of it.

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

There’s a little historical revisionism going on on the right.

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

The much celebrated ban on earmarks isn’t stopping Congressmen from trying to earmark.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

What does the Cain candidacy say about the contemporary GOP?

Another allegation of sexual wrongdoing for Herman Cain.

Could the GOP go into Tampa next August not knowing who their nominee will be? It’s possible, but not probable.

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

Feeling abandoned by the Republican Party, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is weighing a Libertarian Party bid for president.

Once again, pundits are suggesting that New York’s Michael Bloomberg might run for President. Though nobody seems to be able to explain why.

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

Canada’s National Post have illustrated how the Anyone But Romney race has gone to date:

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.