Outside the Beltway

With the economy at the forefront of the public’s mind, the GOP needs to be careful in its response to President Obama’s new jobs bill.

Rick Perry’s month in the GOP race for the White House has sent Michele Bachmann’s poll numbers into the basement.

Rick Perry took a stroll down the third rail of American politics last night.

There were eight people on the stage last night, but the GOP field has narrowed significantly.

Last night’s GOP debate was a two-man affair.

Richard Cohen reports that people like Richard Cohen have lost their enthusiasm for Barack Obama.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

The rapid spread of information on Twitter is challenging POLITICO’s business model.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

Rick Perry’s position on immigration-related issues could be a problem for the same conservatives who have been getting behind him.

The White House is still smarting over the fact that they got burned by John Boehner, again.

Rick Perry isn’t as radical as some on the left are saying, but that doesn’t mean he’s any good.

Repeating the “destruction creates wealth” fallacy every time there’s a natural disaster doesn’t make it any less of a fallacy.

Political journalists aren’t like you and me. Well, you, anyway.

If Palin runs and loses, is that the end of Palin?

The treasurer behind “Rick Parry with an ‘A’ for America” has left to work with Rick Perry

Sarah Palin’s paranoia about the media was on full display during her recent visit to Iowa.

Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.

Rick Perry declared, “One of the reasons that I’m running for president is I want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the United States respects highly the president of the United States.”

The Obama re-election campaign is preparing an extraordinarily negative campaign against Mitt Romney.

The immediate reaction among the political class to the debt downgrade was the play the same old stupid games.

Tim Pawlenty is rethinking his campaign strategy.

Michael Cohen argues that our system is broken because Republicans will no longer compromise.

You thought you’d seen the worst of Congress in July? Oh, you silly American you.

Vice President Biden has called Congressional Republicans and their Tea Party backers “terrorists.”

Speculation about Michele Bachmann’s health continues.

The Gang of Six is back together. And they have a plan.

Where is the line on using the White House to further the president’s re-election effort?

The Obama campaign is stressing that 98 percent of its donations were from little guys contributing $250 or less. But 40 percent of the money came from a handful of major donors.

President Obama has walked out of negotiations on the debt ceiling with an agreement is nowhere in sight.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed a simple deal to break the impasse on the debt ceiling: Cede power to raise the ceiling to the president, with a few minor caveats.

Real news reporting has never paid for itself. But the days of it being subsidized by the local car dealer are rapidly ending.