Outside the Beltway

Phony wars on Stay At Home Moms, dogs, and Osama bin Laden. The Obama campaign is pointing at the shiny object, and the right is falling for it.

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

Newt Gingrich is still getting Secret Service protection at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $44,000 a day.

What would have happened if Sarah Palin had decided to run for the Republican nomination this year?

Would Rick Santorum be the frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination? Not necessarily.

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

It’s the beginning of the end for Newt Gingrich, but it’s unlikely he’ll recognize that fact.

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

Getting to the heart of last night’s moment of kabuki theater.

The Republican frontrunner’s statements yesterday about his earnings and taxes went over like a platinum balloon.

Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich are appealing the ruling that they cannot get on the Virginia ballot. Their argument doesn’t amount to much.

Ann Romney asked it of Mitt. (And Newt throws in his two cents).

Yes, it’s time to talk about that again.

The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.

Many people seem to have a rather inappropriate view of their relationship to the President of the United States.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

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

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

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

Herman Cain will announce his future campaign plans this afternoon but, in some sense, it doesn’t matter what he decides to do.

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

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

The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.

My latest for The Atlantic: “Some Reasons Not to Worry About Republican Foreign Policy Craziness”

Last night, Herman Cain established that he simply isn’t prepared to be Commander in Chief.

Or, perhaps, the Perry Princple?

Another potential problem for the Cain campaign.