Outside the Beltway

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

We held Kim’s services this morning. These were my prepared remarks.

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

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

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

CBS accidentally admits that they are giving less attention to some of the Republican contenders.

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

So far, Hermain Cain seems to be doing okay in the polls.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

Herman Cain is leading Mitt Romney in two respected polls.

Now that he’s a top tier candidate, it’s hard to see how Herman Cain’s tax plan can withstand serious scrutiny.

Romney consolidated his position as the presumptive nominee, Perry continued his disintegration, Cain discovered what it was like to be a serious candidate, and Bachmann doubled down on crazy.

The Republican race remains as fluid as it has ever been.

College students finally seem to be listening to the market.

Rick Perry’s immigration positions aren’t at all unreasonable, and that presents a problem for him inside the Republican Party.

Historian J. David Hacker argues that the death toll from the US Civil War is much higher than we think.

Is there another explanation for Michele Bachmann’s decision to keep bringing Rick Perry’s HPV vaccine order up?

We’re getting close to the point where only two people on this stage will matter.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Why was the ATF allowing thousands of weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug gangs?

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

Is it every appropriate to ask candidates about their religious faith? In some cases, yes it is.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

Two cases in the news today raise questions about the NFL commissioner’s power.

Michele Bachmann is promising $2.00 gas. Not surprisingly, she has no idea how to achieve this seemingly impossible goal.

Do we have a new frontrunner in the race for the Republican nomination?

The first poll in the wake of Michele Bachmann’s victory at Ames and Rick Perry’s entry into the race shows a brand new frontrunner

Rick Perry will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?

Rick Perry may be much less than meets the eye.

Tim Pawlenty is out, to nobody’s surprise.

The Ames Straw Poll is like the first scrimmage of NFL training camp.

A good day for Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry. A bad day for everyone else.