Outside the Beltway

A discussion in the comments thread of my “Time Running Out For GOP?” post led me to a post from four-plus years ago by frequent commenter and erstwhile blogger* Michael Reynolds titled “Money, Bombs and Jesus.”

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

So, you thought the people running the Iowa Caucuses, who had to count something like seven votes and yet declared the wrong winner, had egg on their face. Well, their buddies in Maine have upped the ante.

Meet Rick Santorum, who’s apparently running for Moralist In Chief.

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.

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

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

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

Virtually everything Stephen Colbert is doing was legal before Citizens United.

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.

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

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

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

We, as a country, need to remember that do not hold levers that allow us to move events this way or that

Some questions for opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.

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

If you are going to talk about the unemployment rate, at least talk about the whole picture.

Higher gas prices in the spring could have an impact on the economy, and the election.

Not surprisingly, Rick Perry’s effort to get on Virginia’s primary ballot via litigation has failed

If the Right clings to the belief that President Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil, it will likely end up handing the election to him.

Dead people almost voted in New Hampshire. Zombie democracy is nigh!

Some legal developments in the lawsuit over access to Virginia’s March 6th Primary Ballot.

Is George Bush to blame for a weak Republican field almost four years after he left office? Not entirely.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Some good news in the December jobs report.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Mitt Romney said the other day that the 2012 Election is about “the soul of the country.” This is most assuredly not true.

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

For a guy who says he dislikes “activist judges,” Rick Perry sure wants a certain Federal Judge in Virginia to be an activist.