Outside the Beltway

Mitt Romney has had a rough two weeks, but Barack Obama has to deal with a bad economy.

Virginia could be the state that decides who controls the United States Government.

An overwhelming number of likely voters say President Obama has changed America; most say for the worse. He still leads Romney by 3 points.

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

Absent something extraordinary, it’s unlikely that the GOP will lose control of the House.

While the news media is focused on sixteen battleground states, the professionals running the Obama and Romney campaigns are focused on a much narrower list.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.

Mitt Romney gained some ground in Swing State polling, but that just makes clear how narrow his path to 270 Electoral Votes actually is.

The margin between Barack Obama and Mitt Romeny is razor-thin, and it’s likely to stay that way for quite some time.

Time to prepare yourself for the incoming deluge of polling.

Fox, Rasmussen, and Gallup show Romney slightly ahead of Obama. I’m willing to call it a trend.

The race is over, Rick Santorum just won’t admit it.

When will Santorum bow to the inevitable?

Rick Santorum won Louisiana last night, but he’s still going to lose the race for the nomination.

Romney easily has more delegates than all of his opponents combined.

Mitt Romney won big in Illinois last night, and moved a big step closer to wrapping this race up.

The president’s job approval is down. And it’s also up!

A poll commissioned by the Alabama Education Association shows Mitt Romney with a rather surprising 10 point lead in the Heart of Dixie.

Mitt Romney is likely to put considerable distance between himself and his opponents tomorrow.

Once again, the face of the Republican race has changed.

One analyst sees a way that the current GOP race could indeed lead to a brokered convention.

Mitt Romney seems poised for victory in Florida.

Right now the situation in Florida is Advantage: Romney. But, will it last after tonight’s debate?

It’s pretty much a dead heat in Florida between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.

It was another good night for Newt Gingrich in Charleston last night.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around anymore.

The race in South Carolina is going down to the wire.

Republicans are rallying behind their eventual nominee.

Things are tightening up among the Republican candidates in the Palmetto State.

Regardless of what happens in South Carolina, Mitt Romney seems to be going for a final knockout punch in Florida.

Jon Huntsman put on a brave face last night, but he’s really got nowhere to go from here.

There seems to be very little stopping a big night for Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

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

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

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

The constant drumbeat of not-really-news stories out of insignificant little Iowa will soon be behind us.

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

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

The former Speaker has the biggest lead of any candidate thus far in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

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

A new poll appears to show Newt Gingrich surging in New Hampshire, but there are several caveats to take into account.