Outside the Beltway

Rick Perry continues to slip in the polls.

The first two months of Rick Perry’s campaign are a good example of why it helps to start a Presidential campaign early.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

Parents are being arrested for sending their children to public schools outside their district.

Pundits love to speculate about new candidates entering the race and spicing things up. This will all be academic quite soon because filing dates in key states are fast approaching.

And, the week closes out with another round of rumors about New Jersey’s Governor.

Despite what the media keeps saying, there’s no real evidence that GOP voters are dissatisfied with the 2012 field.

Yet again, a state seeks to buck the primary calendar (and yet again it provides a chance to wonder why we have the nomination system we have).

Rick Perry’s slide in polls seems to be accelerating.

Sarah Palin apparently thinks having an actual job would be too confining.

Despite all the negatives going against him, Mitt Romney may yet be the inevitable Republican nominee.

Economists are beginning to wonder if this very slow economic recovery isn’t permanently altering the landscape.

Rick Perry has stumbled out of the gate, but he’ll be in this race for the long haul

Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?

Rick Perry’s immigration positions aren’t at all unreasonable, and that presents a problem for him inside the Republican Party.

Last night’s Republican debate is likely to raise more questions about Rick Perry in the minds of voters.

Based on the numbers, Barack Obama is an immigration hawk.

Rick Perry has faltered, and that has given Mitt Romney an opening.

Two-term New Mexico governor finally gets to share the stage with Herman Cain.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

Rick Perry is still the GOP frontrunner, but his status far from secure.

Of the institutions designed by the Framers, the electoral college is the one that deserves the least amount of defense if one’s defense is predicated on assumptions of the genius of said framers.

Last week’s opinions from the Fourth Circuit provide an avenue for the Supreme Court to avoid an early ruling on the individual mandate.

Why even have an electoral college?

Allocating Electoral Votes by Congressional District is an idea whose time has come.

The President’s jobs push isn’t doing much to help his job approval numbers so far.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Governor Jan Brewer says Arizona will hold its primary February 28, per state law. This violates Republican primary rules and will almost certainly set off a chain reaction.

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.

Rick Perry took a stroll down the third rail of American politics last night.

Both Virginia lawsuits challenging the Affordable Care Act have been dismissed by a Federal Appeals Court.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.