Outside the Beltway

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.

Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.

It’s beginning to look like the 2016 race for the Republican nomination will have its own collection of oddballs.

Recent polls notwithstanding, Republicans and Democrats remain largely in lockstep when it comes to U.S. policy toward Israel.

A setback for supporters of Rand Paul in the Hawkeye State.

Congressman Walter Jones beat back a primary challenge from a former Bush aide who attacked him over his foreign policy views.

Chelsea Clinton is pregnant, and once again America’s political pundits are making fools of themselves.

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.

Republicans have some good ideas about overhauling how they pick a nominee. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see how most of them can be enforced.

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

It may be Rick Santorum’s “turn” but he’s too harsh and extreme to win the nomination.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.

The Iraq War did significant damage to the legacy of the Republican Party.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.