Outside the Beltway

Understanding the state of the GOP field requires recognizing that President Obama is actually pretty moderate.

Rick Perry is seeking Court intervention to get on the Virginia ballot. He isn’t likely to get very far.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

Some Republicans are starting to realize just how badly the House GOP has messed up this time.

Gary Johnson is jumping ship.

Iowa Republicans fear that a Ron Paul win on Jan. 3rd will destroy the credibility of their caucuses.

Ron Paul is rising in Iowa, which means he will soon face the scrutiny he’s avoided so far.

There is a fundamental problem with the feedback loop in American politics.

Like many Republicans before him, Newt Gingrich is trying to claim the mantle of Reagan. He is the one least entitled to it.

Ron Paul is surging in Iowa. He’s in 3rd place in the national polls and has been for most of the race. He’s not Mitt Romney.

With Gingrich surging in the polls, the pundit class has gotten out the long knives.

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

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.

GOP officials are reluctant to resurrect the personal attacks against the President used during the 2008 campaign.

Rick Santorum has some extreme views on social welfare. Of course, he isn’t alone.

Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

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

Could the GOP go into Tampa next August not knowing who their nominee will be? It’s possible, but not probable.

Feeling abandoned by the Republican Party, former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is weighing a Libertarian Party bid for president.

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

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

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How did Republicans get in this mess?

John Hawkins has compiled a list of The Top 20 Most Influential Black Republicans. It’s not impressive.

Meet Newton Leroy Gingrich, the new “Not Romney.”

The Supreme Court will decide on the Constitutionality of the President’s health care law by June 2012.

Like some other Republicans, Rick Santorum has an odd view of the judiciary.

Is Newt Gingrich on the verge of a rise in the polls?

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?