Outside the Beltway

A lesson in why the topline poll numbers are often only the beginning of the puzzle.

Newt Gingrich’s comments about Palestinian nationhood came up during last night’s debate.

This time, it was Newt Gingrich who walked away unscathed from a Republican Presidential debate.

The Establishment opposition to the current frontrunner has little to do with his policy ideas.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

Mitt Romney’s campaign seems have Newt Gingrich targeted.

A revealing quote and some musing on Newt’s consistency.

Newt Gingrich is looking really good in the Hawkeye State right now.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

The odds of a come back by the Texas Governor do not look good.

Trying to construct Gingrich’s c.v.

Looking at the intellectual jumble that is the mind of Newt.

Stranger things have happened.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

We won’t have Herman Cain to kick around anymore.

Herman Cain will announce his future campaign plans this afternoon but, in some sense, it doesn’t matter what he decides to do.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Could Newt Gingrich really become the Republican nominee? Stranger things have happened.

Is the Cain Train finally running out of steam?

Expect plenty of GOP infighting if President Obama is re-elected next November.

It was a good day for Newt Gingrich, but will it matter in the end?

Newt Gingrich spoke some truth on immigration last night, and that might hurt him with Republican voters.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Newt Gingrich, Republican frontrunner. Four words most people never thought they’d see together.

Campainging like is it 1999.

Are these The Final Two?

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