Outside the Beltway

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

A new poll shows just how badly the GOP is doing among Hispanic voters.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Our political scene has changed drastically since Bob Kerrey was last in the Senate.

A discussion in the comments thread of my “Time Running Out For GOP?” post led me to a post from four-plus years ago by frequent commenter and erstwhile blogger* Michael Reynolds titled “Money, Bombs and Jesus.”

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

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

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

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

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

The Massachusetts Moderate has won the Conservative Political Action Conference poll for a fourth time.

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.

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

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.

If Romney loses in November, it could be the start of a bitter fight insider the Republican Party.

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

Voting has started in the biggest primary to date.

An epic collapse in Florida should spell the end of Newt Gingrich’s presidential run. It won’t.

It’s not just low wages that have kept technology manufacturing jobs out of the United States.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

If the Right clings to the belief that President Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil, it will likely end up handing the election to him.

Last night was the high point of Ron Paul’s 2012 campaign for the Presidency.

Jon Huntsman put on a brave face last night, but he’s really got nowhere to go from here.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Looking back at the Electoral College results of the modern era–and ahead to November.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

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

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

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

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley becomes the latest Tea Party darling to back Mitt Romney.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

A lesson in why the topline poll numbers are often only the beginning of the puzzle.

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

GOP officials are reluctant to resurrect the personal attacks against the President used during the 2008 campaign.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Stranger things have happened.

We won’t have Herman Cain to kick around anymore.

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.