Outside the Beltway

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

Will 2012 be the Republican version of the 2008 race between President Obama and Hillary Clinton?

Taking an initial look into the Texas economy.

State-level job approval numbers seem to suggest that the President could have Electoral College worries in 2012.

The general made famous by his leadership of the Katrina effort has some harsh words for our political leadership.

Cory Maye has spent ten years on death row after a trial tainted by racism and corruption. In a few days, he will be free.

Sunday afternoon musings on an electoral college sweeps.

Mitch Daniels, the candidate of George Will and a host of mainstream Republicans hoping for something better in 2012, has announced he will not be running for president in 2012.

With the 2012 GOP field looking very underwhelming, GOP insiders are looking toward Indianapolis for a savior.

So, some bright people are surprised at new polling showing that a significant minority of Southerners have not enthusiastically embraced their ancestors’ loss in the Civil War.

With minor exceptions, all of the potential candidates for the GOP nomination in 2012 seem to have accepted the idea that defense spending, and the Bush-era interventionist foreign policy, are off the table when it comes time to talk spending cuts.

Scott Walker’s attempt to crush the Wisconsin public employee unions may be the first wave in a fight to elect Republican governors in 2012.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

A new set of polls from Gallup show that President Obama is still looking good for re-election.

Haley Barbour is making all the moves toward a 2012 Presidential run, but his stand on immigration issues could pose a problem in the Republican primaries.

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

It’s Lee-Jackson Day again in Virginia, and, once again, I find myself wondering why the South continues to honor a dishonorable legacy.

Despite anecdotal evidence debunking global warming, 2010 was another record year for warm temperatures.

The author of AZ’s SB1070 has a new idea.

A little history about the Citizens’ Councils.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who may end up running for President in 2012, has reopened wounds that finally seemed like they were closed.

The incoming House Republicans aren’t making a good first impression.

The white, Southern Democrat is a dying breed.

As impressive as Republican gains in this week’s elections were at the national level, they were even more so in state legislative races. Which means Republicans are in position to consolidate and expand upon their recent gains.

Politico says 99 Democratic House seats are “in play.” They’re not. But dozens are.

Is Sarah Palin running for President in 2012 ? It’s looking more and more likely that the answer might be yes.