Outside the Beltway

Rick Santorum is upset that a Google search for his name produces a string of unflattering material. You should be, too.

Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

Twenty-five years ago today, the American space program came crashing to Earth in a horrible accident.

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

It’s straw poll season already. First up, New Hampshire where things turned out about how you’d expect them to considering Mitt Romney lives there now.

Rumors are floating that Rudy Giuliani is thinking about running for President again. All of America asks, Why?

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

Might Rudy do better in 2012 than he did in 2008?

New polling shows that Mitt Romney is well behind the Fox News candidates for 2012.

Even though it will likely be unsuccessful, a primary challenge against President Obama could end up harming him enough to hand Republicans the White House in 2012.

Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wants the GOP to stop kowtowing to Sarah Palin and her acolytes. He’s right.

Some Republican Senators-elect are imploring Harry Reid not to consider any treaties during the lame duck session.

While Tim Pawlenty and John Thune get high marks from insiders, they have next to no shot at winning the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

This is a strange disconnect between Sarah Palin’s popularity within the Republican Party and her popularity with the nation as a whole. One wonders if the GOP notices, or cares.

The Chairmen of the National Debt Commission have released a draft report for consideration. It’s got some very good ideas, but it’s most likely Dead On Arrival.

He’s the darkest of dark horses right now, but Gary Johnson stands as the heir apparent to Ron Paul’s surprisingly energetic 2008 run for the GOP nomination.

Despite votes in the 2010 contest still being counted, polls for 2012 are already pouring out. They’re largely meaningless.

The British press takes a look at America’s Midterm Elections.

Unnamed Republican leaders are lined up to ensure that anybody but the former VP nominee is the party’s 2012 standard bearer.

Making it easier for people to vote doesn’t necessarily mean that more people will vote.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

According to some new studies by crack economists, it’s helpful to have a spouse bringing in some money if you happen to lose your job.

Once again, Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin are at the top of the field in the GOP 2012 race, but that may not last forever.

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

Vice-President Biden has a message for the Democratic base — stop complaining and just support us already.

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

Now we get to see how the Tea Party effects the GOP ove the medium to long term.

A case out of Texas demonstrates quite aptly the absurdity of the current patchwork quilt approach to same-sex marriage in the United States.

Mary Cheney, who is openly gay and raising two children with another woman, has given $500 to New Hampshire Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, who is “against same-sex marriage and believes marriage is between a man and a woman.”

On January 3, 2008 Mike Huckabee celebrated a victory in the Iowa Caucuses, will be able to repeat that in 2012 ?

Conservatives seem very eager for Hillary Clinton to get back on the campaign trial, but it’s not going to happen.

While President Obama is pushing the Afghanistan surge, large numbers of elected Democrats are demanding we get out.

51% of New Hampshire voters overall say they’re less likely to vote for a candidate endorsed by Palin to just 26% who say a Palin endorsement would make them more inclined to be supportive.

Are you really a nonprofit if your CEO is making a million dollars a year?

With everyone concerned about the budget deficit, the idea of cutting military spending is finally gaining traction on Capitol Hill.

Republicans are looking at making some major, and interesting, changes to the primary calendar for 2012.

Sharing your unvarnished thoughts on a listserv is just asking for trouble, as Dave Weigel is the latest to discover.