Outside the Beltway

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

Rick Santorum would do well to listen to the words of the last Catholic to be President of the United States.

Friedman shifts from calling for a third party, to calling on the GOP to get serious.

The popular notion that the United States military is monolithically Republican is mistaken.

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

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

You thought the birthers went away? Silly you.

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

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Senator Jim DeMint demonstrated clearly today what is wrong with Washington.

Mitt Romney is taking heat for his role at Bain Capital. He shouldn’t.

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

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

Has Iowa “blown its special claim as the first state” in the nomination process? No, it never had any special claim in the first place.

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

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

“Democratic” Pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are out with another wacky Op-Ed.

Newt Gingrich is leading the GOP field, but losing to President Obama, but Republican voters don’t seem to care.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

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

A progressive columnist has been outed as having sympathies for the Democratic Party.

“Democratic” pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen argue that President Obama should decline to run for re-election.

As the season changes, the Occupy Wall Street movement seems destined to peter out.

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

The Occupy Wall Street movement faces obstacles its Tea Party counterpart didn’t.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.

Like clockwork, the arguments for creation of a third party are popping up again.

The public supports the Presidents tax plans, but will that matter on Election Day?

We won’t solve our fiscal problems by soaking “the rich.”

James Carville has some advice for Barack Obama. It boils down to “be like Bill Clinton.”

In five days, Rick Perry has gone from calling Social Security a “monstrous lie” to saying we need to have a conversation about fixing it.

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

It never ceases to amaze me how many smart people manage to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that their political philosophy has massive support.

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

Denying the Tea Party’s role in the downgrade of U.S. debt is to deny reality.

Former Oregon governor and long-time US Senator Mark Hatfield has died.

The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.