Outside the Beltway

The Solicitor General was unprepared to answer the most predictable question on the ObamaCare insurance mandate.

Like most endorsements, Jeb Bush’s endorsement of Mitt Romney is unlikely to have a major impact on the race.

Jim Yong Kim is an impressive man. But he’s got no background in banking, finance, or economics.

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

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

Mitt Romney is likely to put considerable distance between himself and his opponents tomorrow.

Rick Santorum’s inability to stay away from the culture wars may have been his undoing.

Rick Santorum’s stump speeches have becoming increasingly dark.

When it comes to same-sex marriage, the right is fighting a losing battle.

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that anyone will have the race for the nomination wrapped up any time soon.

This is no way to pick a Presidential Nominee.

So, you thought the people running the Iowa Caucuses, who had to count something like seven votes and yet declared the wrong winner, had egg on their face. Well, their buddies in Maine have upped the ante.

Once again, the face of the Republican race has changed.

If the reaction at this year’s CPAC is any indication, Mitt Romney still has some work to do to seal up his party’s base.

A new poll shows Santorum surging ahead of Mitt Romney nationally

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

Are culture war issues about to make a comeback in the 2012 campaign?

Rick Santorum swept three states that are off the media radar screen. Will it revive his campaign?

Once again, a government entity thinks the average person is too dumb to take care of themselves.

Last night, we saw the beginning of the end of the Newt Gingrich campaign whether he realizes it or not.

Romney continues to roll up decisive victories while Gingrich gets increasingly bitter and nasty.

Mitt Romney won big last night, Newt Gingrich was Newt Gingrich, and the race is coming to the beginning of the end.

Once again, the punditocracy is bemoaning the rise of so-called “negative campaigning.”

Bad Newt is back.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

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

More Kristol speculation that makes no sense.

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

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.

It was another good night for Newt Gingrich in Charleston last night.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around anymore.

Toby Harnden tweets, “What a debacle for Iowa. Hard to see why candidates should take Iowa caucuses seriously in future.