Outside the Beltway

The results of Louisiana’s primary mean a lot less than the pundits will tell you they do.

Does Joe Biden think he can succeed his boss?

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Rick Santorum has bigger General Election problems than Mitt Romney it seems.

Is the rhetoric in the war of words between the U. S. and Iran ratcheting up?

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.

Rising prices at the pump could lead to problems at the voting booth.

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

The Obama Campaign is being criticized for agreeing to play the SuperPAC game like everyone else does.

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

Last night’s State Of The Union Address contained another unfortunate example of the prevalence of militaristic rhetoric in domestic politics.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Conservatives seem to believe that Newt Gingrich can beat Barack Obama merely by debating him. They are delusional.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

Mitt Romney has stumbled this week, and may pay for it tomorrow, but he’s still the only candidate with a realistic chance to win the Republican nomination.

Can anyone bring the primary debate schedule under control?

Yes, it’s time to talk about that again.

When did serving your country become something political opponents attacked you for?

Rick Santorum’s views on the role of government are somewhat disturbing.

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

Once again, people are engaging in largely mindless speculation involving Hillary Clinton.

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

“Democratic” Pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen are out with another wacky Op-Ed.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

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

“Democratic” pollsters Pat Caddell and Doug Schoen argue that President Obama should decline to run for re-election.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.

The Republican candidates for President have been mostly silent about foreign policy issues. That changes starting tonight.

Polls are starting to show signs that the sexual harassment allegations are starting to hurt Herman Cain.

For the most part, all those plans the candidates release are barely worth the paper they’re written on.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Our good friend Hamid Karzai, contemplating a war between the United States and our good allies Pakistan, says that he would of course fight with Pakistan.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.

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.

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 speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.