Outside the Beltway

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

Last night’s results ensure the race will continue to the convention.

Rick Santorum won the night, but Mitt Romney continues to win the delegate hunt.

Some Republicans seem intent on repeating the mistakes of 2008.

47 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s performance.

Republicans continue to harp on the fact that the President uses a TelePrompter.

What does it mean to have a limited government?

What are the limits on government power?

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Several newspapers are refusing to run this week’s Doonesbury strip.

Fox News’ Carl Cameron is reporting on a secret plot by the two most embarrassing candidates from the 2012 Republican field to team up in order to win an incredibly unlikely brokered convention.

The notion that the President of the United States can guarantee a given per gallon price of gas is a fantasy (and, quite frankly, a lie).

There’s little benefit, and much cost, to moving our clocks back and forth every six months. So why do we do it?

A tragic incident in Afghanistan that’s likely to have tragic consequences.

Rush Limbaugh may be a jerk, but he has a right to be a jerk.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

If you listen to the punditocracy, you’d think that there’s actually a doubt as to who the GOP nominee will be.

Another chapter in the annals of American Politicians as Royalty:

Doug Mataconis’ Thursday posting “Herman Cain Releases Bizarre New Video Involving Apparent Goldfish Murder” got picked up on that night’s edition of The Colbert Report.

A poll commissioned by the Alabama Education Association shows Mitt Romney with a rather surprising 10 point lead in the Heart of Dixie.

Another good monthly jobs report

The US spends more government money on healthcare per capita than the likes of Germany, France, Canada, Sweden, and Holland!

There are all manner of myths that are held by supporters of both parties. Debunking them is not the role for presidential aspirants.

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