Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be making a play for whatever portion of the GOP it may be that still likes Sarah Palin.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

The current Republican primary polls are “measuring a unicorn electorate” yet effect the outcome of the race.

As expected, former Virginia Governor and Republican National Committee chairman Jim Gilmore has tossed his hat into the ring:

With just over a week to go, Republican candidates for President are fighting for the movement in the polls that could get them in to the August 6th debate.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

A big win in Court for the former Texas Governor, but it’s unclear what this means politically.

Ohio Governor John Kasich looks good on paper, but his campaign seems as though it’s unlikely to get out of the starting gate.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves for the anti-immigrant Frankenstein in their midst.

Donald Trump leads in a new national poll, but a deeper look at the numbers suggests that this Trump Bubble can’t last for very much longer.

As much as I wish it were otherwise, Iowa and New Hampshire are not losing their influence over the Presidential primary process.

Republicans are finally starting to react to what Donald Trump has been saying.

He’s second in national polls!

Donald Trump has gotten almost nothing but negative press since entering the race for President, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting him very much just yet.

Republicans aren’t going to like this one.

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

It’s been obvious from the moment the news broke that the murders in Charleston were rooted in racism, but some Republicans have had trouble acknowledging that.

A word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to Muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they’re black.

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

Even with a recent negative downturn in the polls, the reports of Hillary Clinton’s impending political demise are largely wishful thinking on the part of conservatives.

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

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

Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is continuing his absurd and dangerous war on the Supreme Court.

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

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

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.

The Republican debate stage in 2016 is going to be even more crowded than it was in 2012.

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

Hillary Clinton hasn’t taken questions from reporters in three weeks. Because she doesn’t need the media as much as most other candidates.

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.

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

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

Former President Clinton doesn’t seem to get it. Or, does he?

Ben Carson is running for President.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

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

Some observations about Stewart’s interview (and some digression from me–okay, a lot of digression by me).

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

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

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

Fox News’ Catherine Herridge is creating a scandal where none exists.

The Iranian nuclear accords are barely 24 hours old and some people have already made up their mind about them.