Outside the Beltway

He may be running against Barack Obama, but Mitt Romney seems to mention Jimmy Carter a lot.

Some blogger wants to pay someone to get Barack Obama’s college transcripts. It’s time for this silliness to end.

Optimism sells. Someone should remind the GOP of this fact.

If we taught the Federalist Papers more rigorously would that lead to a shared view of the constitution?

Another bizarre conservative rant about the President.

Phony wars on Stay At Home Moms, dogs, and Osama bin Laden. The Obama campaign is pointing at the shiny object, and the right is falling for it.

When Dan Drezner tweeted “I’m not going to read anything dumber than this today,” my inclination was to scoff. He actually undersold it.

Some Navy SEALs are weighing in on the brouhaha.

The biggest argument against Romney winning in November is the fact that there aren’t many ways for him to get to those pesky 270 Electoral Votes.

We seldom blame presidents for bold actions that go wrong. We despise them for appearing weak and indecisive.

Is Mitt Romney the least experienced major-party presidential nominee since1940?

Joe Biden says we can’t afford a president who has to learn foreign policy on the job.

The Obama campaign’s cheap politicizing of the SEAL raid that took out bin Laden is unseemly. And unnecessary.

According to some historians, a President isn’t truly great unless he involves America in a bloody and destructive war.

Newt Gingrich is still getting Secret Service protection at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $44,000 a day.

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

What would have happened if Sarah Palin had decided to run for the Republican nomination this year?

The Romney campaign is pushing back on the “Republican War on Women” meme with this infographic on “Women & The Obama Economy.”

Far from being deterimental, there is a case to be made that SuperPACs have actually expended democracy during this election cycle.

The White House and its allies have already declared war on a decision that won’t even be rendered until three months from now.

Obama has borrowed slightly more money in 3 years than Bush did in 8. Does it matter?

The debt has increased at a faster rate in the past three years than in the previous eight, but assigning blame isn’t what matters.

No, the Obama Administration is not plotting to nationalize the economy in the name of some “national emergency.”

Some Republicans seem intent on repeating the mistakes of 2008.

Rick Santorum’s campaign is starting to tilt at windmills.

Six states are likely to decide the 2012 election.

Would Rick Santorum be the frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination? Not necessarily.

Attorney General Eric Holder offered a somewhat alarming defense of the Administration’s policy on targeted killings.

Peter Berkowitz has presented a flawed legal argument for attacking Iran.

Nominating Rick Santorum may be the best things Republicans could do to save their party, but not for the reasons Santorum thinks.

2012 may be the last chance for the current Republican Party to win the White House.

Rick Santorum would do well to listen to the words of the last Catholic to be President of the United States.

In order to succeed on the right today, you have to do more than just say the President is wrong. You have to say that he’s evil.

Rick Santorum’s stump speeches have becoming increasingly dark.

It’s the beginning of the end for Newt Gingrich, but it’s unlikely he’ll recognize that fact.

Are the American people tuning out of politics altogether?

Romney continues to roll up decisive victories while Gingrich gets increasingly bitter and nasty.

The tinfoil hat crowd has made its way back into the mainstream.

The Birthers have suffered yet another totally predictable loss in Court.