Outside the Beltway

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

After months of “not running,” Jeb Bush will formally enter the Presidential race on June 15th.

Obviously, most of these people are smart enough to realize they can’t possibly win, right?

Rand Paul Is at a distinct disadvantage compared to his fellow Republican candidates for President.

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

The Iowa Straw Poll seems to be dying, and that’s a good thing.

Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.

Marco Rubio seems to be in lockstep with the extreme social conservatives when it comes to same-sex marriage.

The race for the Republican nomination is as tight as ever, and so far nobody seems to be emerging as a clear front-runner.

A new Gallup poll puts support for same-sex marriage above 60% for the first time ever.

What if they held a straw poll and nobody came?

Hillary Clinton is a deeply flawed candidate who might not even make a very good President. But that doesn’t matter in the race for the Democratic Nomination, and she’s probably going to be the next President anyway.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer suggests that his fellow Congressmen and Senators are underpaid at $174,000 per year.

Rand Paul held the Senate floor for nearly twelve hours yesterday to talk about the PATRIOT Act, but it’s unclear if he accomplished anything.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

Marco Rubio is the latest Republican Presidential candidate to have a problem giving a coherent answer to a few simple questions about the Iraq War.

South Carolina’s Senior Senator is set to be the latest entry into the race for the Republican nomination.

Some analysts are wondering if Jeb Bush might just forgo investing serious resources in the Iowa Caucuses.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have done quite well for themselves of the speaking circuit.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is going to be looking for that elusive second act in American politics.

The House has passed a bill that would place real restrictions on the National Security Agency’s data mining program. Now, it moves to the Senate.

Iraq seems to becoming a political headache for yet another member of the Bush family.

Jeb Bush will not participate in this year’s version of the Iowa Straw Poll.

If a new campaign succeeds, Harriet Tubman could replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.

Like most Republicans, Jeb Bush either fails or refuses to recognize what an utter, unjustifiable disaster his brother’s decision to invade Iraq actually was.

For reasons only he can understand. South Carolina’s senior Senator will be entering the race for the White House early next month.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

The Baltimore Police Department will finally be under the Federal microscope. But it took the death of Freddie Gray for it happen.

Jeb Bush told a group of supporters that his brother is his top Middle East policy adviser. This strikes me as being a bad idea.

Break out the sweater vests, Rick Santorum is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

A new poll has some bad news for Jeb Bush in the Hawkeye State, which leads to the idea that maybe he shouldn’t waste too much time there to begin with.

In a move that is clearly designed to have an impact in the General Election, Hillary Clinton came out in support of broad immigration reform in Nevada yesterday.

Mike Huckabee’s back, but the 2008 magic is gone.

It’s complicated. And probably not a scandal.

Ben Carson is running for President.

In a marked departure from recent cases, the Supreme Court rules that states can impose significant restriction on solicitation of campaign contributions in judicial elections.

Tomorrow promises to be an historic day at the Supreme Court, but it’s been a long legal, political, and social battle.

Less than two weeks after entering the race, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is at the top of the GOP field in a new poll.

Former Hewlett Packard CEO, and failed Senate candidate, Carly Fiorina will be running for President for some reason.

WaPo’s “Top Christie ally defects to Bush” buries the lede.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

And the fun part is that his main motive for running appears to be the opportunity to troll Rand Paul.

The “racism” debate brought about by Barack Obama in 2000 is getting a spin-off.

After declining to run in 2012, Mike Huckabee’s entry into the 2016 race seems fairly certain.

Five years after it became law, the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears to be over.