Outside the Beltway

Right now, Iowa is all about Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and a bunch of also-rans.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

The rules that Republicans will be playing under in 2012 are far less revolutionary than some pundits would have you believe.

One of these people will be the 2012 Republican nominee for President no matter how much you’d like to dream otherwise.

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

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.

Should Ron Paul find his currently upward trajectory to continue he will find himself facing greater media (and opposition) scrutiny.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

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

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

A lesson in why the topline poll numbers are often only the beginning of the puzzle.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

Newt Gingrich is looking really good in the Hawkeye State right now.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Stranger things have happened.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

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

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

Can we credibly blame the CRA, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and the like for the mortgage crisis?

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

Herman Cain has either doubled down on his foreign policy ignorance or proven himself a man of great nuance.

A three-way tie?

The theory that Rick Perry is not a complete moron took another serious blow in last night’s debate.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

Obama to Sarkozy on Netanyahu: “You’re sick of him — but I have to deal with him every day!”

The Electoral College doesn’t matter in the way pundits think it does.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

Quite improbably, Herman Cain remains at the top of the GOP field.

Yes, again with the EC.

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.