Outside the Beltway

President Obama is vulnerable, but he’s facing a GOP field that is underwhelming even for Republicans.

Charles Krauthammer called Donald Trump the “Al Sharpton” of the GOP presidential primary contest

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

Donald Trump figures that, because he’s rich, he’s qualified to be president.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.

For the first time, Donald Trump is leading a poll for the GOP 2012 nomination. That’s bad news for the GOP.

Donald Trump is waiting to announce whether he’s running for president until after taping of “The Apprentice” concludes. Some thing NBC shouldn’t allow him to wait.

Mitt Romney forcefully said Tuesday night that he believes President Barack Obama was born in America and that “the citizenship test has been passed.”

Donald Trump has been surging in polls of Republican voters recently, but that doesn’t mean much of anything.

Ann Coulter says its time for Birthers to shut up.

Donald Trump, who may or may not be running for President, is continuing his strange obsession with the birther myth, and reminding Republicans that two years of silence in the face of lunacy may come back to bite them.

The race for the 2012 Republican nomination is missing the one thing that GOP nomination battles have almost always had, a frontrunner.

President Obama isn’t unbeatable in 2012. but it’s clear even now that he’s going to be a far more formidable opponent than many Republicans seem to think.

The 2012 GOP nominee will have to raise $300 million and assemble a top-notch staff.

Polls matching President Obama against potential Republican contenders are entertaining but not informative.

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The media are wildly exaggerating the heckling at a gathering of conservatives.