Outside the Beltway

Wherein we find that Santorum is the “fun” choice and a few election cliches pay a visit.

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

Rick Santorum now appears to be THE social conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

The Ames Straw Poll isn’t going away any time soon.

We give a small number of people a lot of influence.

It was a photo finish in the Hawkeye State.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

If you’re running low on cash, keeping it low-key in a state you can’t win sometimes make sense.

After almost a year of campaigning, it’s finally time for someone to cast a vote.

Heading into the last day of campaigning, the race in Iowa is too close to call.

Mitt Romney said the other day that the 2012 Election is about “the soul of the country.” This is most assuredly not true.

Romney, Paul, Santorum. The last set of Iowa frontrunners seems to be set.

So, what’s next?

For a guy who says he dislikes “activist judges,” Rick Perry sure wants a certain Federal Judge in Virginia to be an activist.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

Executive summary: She’s a kook unfit to serve as dog catcher, much less leader of the free world.

Yet another clue about what’s going on in the Hawkeye State.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

A new Iowa polls shows Rick Santorum gaining support. Or does it?

Right now, Iowa is all about Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and a bunch of also-rans.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

The rules that Republicans will be playing under in 2012 are far less revolutionary than some pundits would have you believe.

Has Iowa “blown its special claim as the first state” in the nomination process? No, it never had any special claim in the first place.

Could traders soon be betting on the outcome of the Presidential elections? Should they be?

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

Don’t look now but President Obama’s approval ratings are closing in on levels that point to re-election.

Newt Gingrich has fallen into a statistical tie with Mitt Romney in the latest Gallup poll, mirroring his decline in other recent surveys.

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.