Outside the Beltway

There are some indications that Mitt Romney may be ready to announce his running mate selection as early as this week.

A new poll reveals a stark gap between the voting preferences of married and unmarried voters, but that shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Mitt Romney will likely be the first challenger able to outspend a sitting president. He’ll need it.

An unsurprising decision from the Supreme Court.

Mitt Romney continues to trail the President very badly among Latino voters. That could be a big problem in November.

The Veepstakes doesn’t matter nearly as much as the media tells you it does.

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Not surprisingly, President Obama’s immigration announcement has been very well received among Latino voters.

The President’s comment that the private sector is “doing fine” continues to be a topic of discussion.

The president has come a long way from his days as a “liberal law professor who campaigned against the Iraq war.”

You have Martin Luther King’s statue in your office, but you are sending these unmanned drones out, and bombs are dropping on innocent people.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

The GOP has a serious problem with the Latino vote, and it may too late to fix it.

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

There’s much to question about The Washington Post’s decision to run a 47 year old story about Mitt Romney.

All of a sudden, people are talking about Mike Huckabee as a potential Romney running mate.

The Wall Street Journal publishes a screed aimed at those about to graduate college.

Ron Paul’s supporters are racking up delegate wins at party conventions in caucus states, but it won’t matter in the end.

When Dan Drezner tweeted “I’m not going to read anything dumber than this today,” my inclination was to scoff. He actually undersold it.

Obama has an advantage in what is likely to be one of the most important states in November’s election, but the race is far from over.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

The Senate didn’t have a productive 2011. Is this just a case of laziness?

Thanks to a media that focuses obsessively on irrelevancies, we now have a permanent political silly season.

We may have Rick Santorum to deal with in 2016.

The Romney campaign is pushing back on the “Republican War on Women” meme with this infographic on “Women & The Obama Economy.”

Republicans are finally starting to realize that they are in trouble with Hispanic voters.

With the nomination pretty much inevitable, it’s time to start thinking about Romney’s running mate.

We’re literally choosing locking up drug offenders over investing in our children.

The vetting process for a Vice-Presidential running mate will likely be very different with memories of the Sarah Palin debacle fresh in everyone’s mind.

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

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

Some Republicans seem intent on repeating the mistakes of 2008.

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