Outside the Beltway

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

As the season changes, the Occupy Wall Street movement seems destined to peter out.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.

Pondering Tea Party comparisons as well as the “does it matter?” question.

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

Rush Limbaugh, who three years ago said Mitt Romney embodied all three legs of the conservative stool today declared that Romney is not a conservative. He was right both times.

Rick Perry’s campaign isn’t dead by any means, but he needs to turn things around soon.

Sarah Palin is out for 2012

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

Is money the only thing that matters in post-Citizens United American politics?

Neither political party is resonating with the public right now, and neither is acting in the manner the public would like.

Like clockwork, the arguments for creation of a third party are popping up again.

Last night’s Republican debate is likely to raise more questions about Rick Perry in the minds of voters.

Republicans have a plan to wrest half of the Keystone State’s electors from Obama.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Governor Jan Brewer says Arizona will hold its primary February 28, per state law. This violates Republican primary rules and will almost certainly set off a chain reaction.

The 1980 debate between Reagan and Bush compared to the GOP primary debates in 2011 is flabbergasting.

Raw Story tweeted “Republicans in Rep. Giffords’ district plan to raffle off the same type of gun Jared Loughner used. ” This links to their own story demonstrating that they’re doing no such thing.

America’s journalists are far more liberal than America.

Florida’s new law requiring welfare recipients to pass drug tests seems to clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.

That a popular two-term governor of Utah is being rejected by likely Republican primary voters as insufficiently conservative shows just how extreme American politics has gotten.

It’s a shame that Duverger’s Law doesn’t come with criminal penalties.

Her appeal is not her ideas, policies, or achievements but her personality and appeal to the red meat base.

Jon Huntsman is not going to be the Republican nominee in 2012, but he seems ready to carve out a niche for himself.

Under new policies, deportation efforts will be concentrated on people who pose a threat to society. It’s a sensible policy, so of course it’s being denounced.

Jon Huntsman just tweeted, “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

America’s pundits have never met anyone who didn’t think Tim Pawlenty would be a good nominee.

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 will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?

Tim Pawlenty is out, to nobody’s surprise.

While most of the Republican field was at the Iowa State Fair, Rick Perry was in South Carolina shaking up the field.

The primary calendar is going to look very different next year.

The agenda of the Tea Party movement doesn’t necessarily coincide with what voters say they want from Washington.

I got your broken right here: the presidential nomination process.