Outside the Beltway

He’s tan. He’s rested. And, apparently, he’s ready. Mitt Romney seems very interested in 2016 all of a sudden.

Over the weekend, Mike Huckabee took another step that suggests that he is indeed planning on running for President in 2016.

Also: charting the rightward shift in the GOP.

The former Florida Governor announced that he’s taking the first step towards running for president in 2016.

Rick Santorum looks to be getting ready to hit the campaign trail again, but it’s doubtful he can find appeal beyond the religious conservatives who supported him in 2012.

Rick Perry is sounding for all the world like a candidate for President, and says he’s a different candidate this time, but initial perceptions are hard to overcome.

The GOP donor class would like the 2016 race to be short and sweet, but that’s unlikely to happen.

Clearly, the Romney campaign didn’t get the point of social media.

Ben Carson is not a serious candidate for President, but he’s likely to get a lot of support from the GOP’s Tea Party wing.

After a disastrous campaign in 2012, Texas Governor Rick Perry appears to be gearing up for a new run for the White House in 2016, but questions remain.

The numbers don’t lie, Mitt Romney remains popular among Republican voters.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

The fact that Republicans lack anything approaching a coherent immigration plan makes it hard to take their criticism of the President seriously.

When push comes to shove, top Republicans may still try to make Mitt Romney happen.

Top Republicans worry that their party’s response to the President’s executive action will alienate Latinos. However, there’s little they can do about that.

An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.

If the President now believes he can act unilaterally on immigration reform, why did he spend the last five years saying that he couldn’t?

The White House is now leaking out details of what seems like an inevitable decision by the President. How it plays out politically, though, is the big question.

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.

Tuesday’s Republican wave didn’t change the fundamentals.

The results of the 2014 midterms should teach us some lessons about how to handle and evaluate polling.

Something to keep in mind about the structure of Senate elections.

Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Mitt Romney 2016? Not as far as his wife is concerned.

It’s way too early, folks.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

Bush 2016?

While it still seems unlikely that he’ll run, Mitt Romney does seem to be leaving the door open to a third run at the White House.

Two prominent Republican groups point out the blindingly obvious.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Republicans in the House seem determined to make life difficult for whomever wins the GOP nomination in 2016

The trial of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife opened yesterday, and it sounded more like a soap opera than a legal proceeding.

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

Rick Perry and Rand Paul are highlighting what looks to be a coming battle inside the GOP over foreign policy.