Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s destruction of longstanding norms continues under his successor.

Best known as a television host, he served in the Reagan administration and chief economist of Bear Stearns.

Newt Gingrich is morally and intellectually bankrupt, so perhaps it’s no surprise that his health care think tank is now fiscally bankrupt.

A new poll shows Santorum surging ahead of Mitt Romney nationally

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

It was another big night for Mitt Romney. A night that may just have helped him lock up the Florida Primary.

Newt Gingrich was wondering where his audience was last night.

More Kristol speculation that makes no sense.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

After having so much influence in 2010, the Tea Party is finding itself adrift in the search for a Republican nominee in 2012.

The Republican candidates for President have apparently forgotten that this guy was their party’s nominee twice.

The final candidate clash of 2011 didn’t lead to the sparring that some expected.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

Trying to construct Gingrich’s c.v.

Looking at the intellectual jumble that is the mind of Newt.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

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

George Will’s disdain for Mitt Romney pales in comparison of his disgust at Newt Gingrich.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

Did Congress cause the mortgage crisis by mandating loans to poor people? No.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

Ronald Reagan’s chief economist has a radical plan for solving the housing crisis.

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

Two economists look at a 30 year investment in a home versus putting the same money in the stock market.

Greg Mankiw notes a curious revisionism in Barney Frank’s pronouncements on Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac.

In 1994, it was the Contract With America. In 2010, it’s the Pledge To America. But does it really mean anything regardless of what it’s called ?