Outside the Beltway

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

A Northeastern Republican announces retirement. And GOP hopes for control of the Senate in 2013 become more tenuous.

The future of the Republican race in 2012 is in the balance in the Wolverine State.

The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.

There’s an entire industry that profits from exploiting political controversy and division. Why do we let them get away with it?

A study of religiosity and young adults found that those who attend college are actually less likely to experience religious decline than those who do not attend college.

Mitt Romney’s campaign gives us a lesson in how not to stage a “major” economic speech.

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

In order to succeed on the right today, you have to do more than just say the President is wrong. You have to say that he’s evil.

An odd meme’s developing that Mitt Romney’s campaign is in financial trouble.

Is the United States a serious country? Should we be?

Rising prices at the pump could lead to problems at the voting booth.

We may have to deal with the debt ceiling again before the November elections.

At the very least, nominating Santorum would let the GOP test a hypothesis that’s been debated for years.

If the reaction at this year’s CPAC is any indication, Mitt Romney still has some work to do to seal up his party’s base.

Are the American people tuning out of politics altogether?

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

Will the Obama Administration’s decision on contraceptive coverage by the Catholic Church have an impact in November?

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

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

Why is the Republican frontrunner pandering to a megalomanical showman?

Is the presumptive Republican nominee too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans?

Things aren’t all sunshine and roses for the Obama 2012 campaign.

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.

American politics is as polarized as ever, and it shows no signs of changing regardless of who wins in November.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Romney would rank among richest presidents ever

Could things possibly get worse on Capitol Hill? Grover Norquist seems to relish the possibility.