Outside the Beltway

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Virginia’s governor is reportedly taking a shot at the 2024 Republican nomination.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

Jon Huntsman has resigned as Ambassador to Russia ahead of an anticipated bid to return as Utah’s Governor, a position he held 11 years ago.

Did I leave the Republican Party or did it leave me? Both.

The former Governor and Presidential candidate, and current Ambassador to Russia, reveals his diagnosis of Stage One Melanoma.

Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, is rejecting calls that he should resign in the wake of what everyone seems to agree was a disastrous summit meeting with Vladimir Putin.

President Trump is reportedly considering the 47-year-old Utah Senator to replace Anthony Kennedy.

A good choice for an important position.

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

A strong pick for what is likely to be an important Ambassadorial position in coming years.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

Another name may be on the short list for Secretary of State.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

Damon Linker writes, “Millions of people disagree with your political views. That doesn’t make them moral monsters.”

In the immortal words of the Fonz, I was wr-wr-wr-wr . . . not exactly right.

In a rational universe somewhere, John Kasich is preparing to become the de facto Republican nominee for President. In ours, he’s dropping out in favor of Donald Trump.

Ronald Reagan famously claimed, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” I’m going through the process in reverse.

All of which leads to a discussion of electoral rules.

With less than a week to go before voting starts, Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP race, with Ted Cruz the only candidate even close to looking like a viable challenger.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus suggested that Iowa and New Hampshire shouldn’t get used to their place at the top of the primary calendar. He’s right, but fixing the crazy system that put them there isn’t going to be easy.

Break out the sweater vests, Rick Santorum is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

The Republican frontrunner claims he doesn’t read America’s most important newspaper.

Mitt Romney certainly seems to be running for president again. And he’s now on at least his third reinvention.

The abrupt departure of Chuck Hagel says much more about Administration policy than it does about Chuck Hagel.

Emil Henry makes “The Case for Mitt Romney in 2016.”

One of the longest serving Members of Congress just got his political career saved.

The RNC wants to limit primary debates, but it’s not clear that’s a good idea.

Was there ever a more tepid endorsement than “Joe Scarborough for President? Sure, Why Not?”

Former Utah governor and ambassador to China Jon Huntsman succeeds Chuck Hagel.

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

The GOP’s most promising alternative to Mitt Romney in 2012 may run again in 2016, but it doesn’t seem like he’d go very far.

Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.

Once again, Utah’s former Governor is making sense.

No Labels is attempting to relaunch itself after amounting to exactly nothing in the 2012 cycle. Let me save you the trouble: They won’t matter in 2014 or 2016, either.

Republican opposition to defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel reveals just how far the party’s thinking has drifted on foreign policy.

Norm Ornstein may have written the sillest op-ed of 2012.

Was Rick Perry the worst candidate to run in the 2012 cycle? It certainly appears so.

Judging by the record of the past decade and a half, movement conservatism has accomplished very little.

Mitt Romney wasn’t a perfect candidate, but he was much better than most of the 2012 Republican field.

Republicans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Will they learn the right lessons from their loss?

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

President Obama easily won re-election last night, carrying virtually all of the battleground states. Meanwhile, abortion, gay marriage, and recreational marijuana also won big.

Whether Mitt Romney wins or loses, the GOP needs to evolve or be doomed to minority party status.

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.