Outside the Beltway

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

Did you know there was another GOP debate last night? Well, you didn’t miss much.

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

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

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

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

The economy continues to drag the President down.

Public disapproval of Congress continues to fall.

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

Top Democrats are starting to voice public concerns about 2012.

The Romney campaign may be finally starting to pay attention to Rick Perry.

President Obama’s job approval numbers are even worse when you just look at the economy.

Rick Perry may be much less than meets the eye.

Their mouths were moving, but nothing of substance was coming out.

For the moment, the GOP race looks like a race between Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann, which should make Romney happy

A new Gallup poll discovers something rather obvious, but there’s still a lesson for the GOP.

Romney remains the clear front-runner in NH in a post-debate poll.

The race for the GOP nomination is taking shape.

Despite the disdain for him on the the hard right, Mitt Romney is the man to beat right now in the race for the GOP nomination.

Is it appropriate for news organizations to decide that the people don’t need to hear from certain political candidates?

Will the Ryan Plan ever be voted out of the House?

Two new polls show that the public supports the budget deal, but has no idea what to do to solve our long term problems.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

Public support for the war in Afghanistan continues to plummet, but will that hurt the President when 2012 rolls around?

The 2012 GOP nominee will have to raise $300 million and assemble a top-notch staff.

Rumors are floating that Rudy Giuliani is thinking about running for President again. All of America asks, Why?

Are Marco Rubio, Haley Barbour, and Mike Huckabee the favorites to win the White House?

President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?

Some on the right are beginning to realize that Sarah Palin’s popularity may cause a serious problem for the GOP in 2012.

The New York Times has joined the mostly muted chorus calling on Democrats to select someone other than Nancy Pelosi as their new Minority Leader. In all likelihood, their call will go unheeded.

Last night’s election results stand as a mixed verdict on the Tea party and its impact on the Republican Party.

With polls opening in less than 48 hours now, the final pre-election polling is showing that 2010 is going to be a pretty bad year for Democrats.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

The perfect storm of a bad economy and a new, massive, unpopular government entitlement program may be combing to cause serious damage to Democrats in November.

Delaware’s September 14th Republican Senate Primary is shaping up to be the next battle between the Establishment GOP and the Tea Party movement.

Before Sarah Palin endorsed him, most Alaskans had never heard of Joe Miller. This morning, he’s on the verge of upsetting an incumbent Senator in the GOP Primary.