Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney’s view of the ideal relationship between the United States and Israel is, at the very least. quite odd, and, potentially, dangerous.

Sarah Palin isn’t running for President, and she hasn’t officially endorsed anyone, but that hasn’t stopped her from putting her thumb on the scale.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Romney would rank among richest presidents ever

Tom Brokaw isn’t happy with Mitt Romney’s latest ad, which use of a 1997 NBC news report on Newt Gingrich’s ethics.

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

It was another big night for Mitt Romney. A night that may just have helped him lock up the Florida Primary.

Right now the situation in Florida is Advantage: Romney. But, will it last after tonight’s debate?

Wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich’s new out of this world idea.

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

Newt Gingrich was wondering where his audience was last night.

Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

Is there any there there?

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

Why are all the candidates for president so awful?

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

People who ought to know better are now concocting absurd scenarios to get around a really weak Republican presidential field.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

Newt Gingrich has amazingly high unfavorables.

Mitt Romney has stumbled this week, and may pay for it tomorrow, but he’s still the only candidate with a realistic chance to win the Republican nomination.

It was another good night for Newt Gingrich in Charleston last night.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around anymore.

There’s no law requiring Presidential candidates to release their tax returns. Should they be expected to do it anyway?

Toby Harnden tweets, “What a debacle for Iowa. Hard to see why candidates should take Iowa caucuses seriously in future.

At least some of Mitt Romney”s investment money sits in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. Does it matter?

The race in South Carolina is going down to the wire.

A recount in Iowa has changed the final numbers, but we really don’t know who won.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

The Republican frontrunner’s statements yesterday about his earnings and taxes went over like a platinum balloon.

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

The first shot in a Constitutional showdown has been fired.

Mitt Romney’s rivals scored a few hits on him last night, but nothing that’s likely to make a difference.

It seems that Saturday’s vote by evangelical leaders in favor of Rick Santorum was less than meets the eye.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

The GOP has a problem regarding the economy: it is getting better.