Outside the Beltway

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.

Newt Gingrich was wondering where his audience was last night.

Mitt Romney is making claims about Naval readiness that are, at best, misleading.

The reaction to the release of Mitt Romney’s tax returns is about what you’d expect.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

This year’s Iowa Caucuses stand as Exhibit A for an argument against Iowa being first in the nation.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

Getting to the heart of last night’s moment of kabuki theater.

Mitt Romney has stumbled this week, and may pay for it tomorrow, but he’s still the only candidate with a realistic chance to win the Republican nomination.

I can’t be the only one who cringed at his applause line: “To take an ex-wife and make it two days before the primary a significant question in a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine.”

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

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

Toby Harnden tweets, “What a debacle for Iowa. Hard to see why candidates should take Iowa caucuses seriously in future.

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

A recount in Iowa has changed the final numbers, but we really don’t know who won.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Mitt Romney made a suggestion about how to fix our campaign finance system. It’s a good idea.

Mitt Romney has a bit of a tax return dilemma.

Once again, Ron Paul showed last night why he could never win the Republican nomination.

Mitt Romney’s rivals scored a few hits on him last night, but nothing that’s likely to make a difference.

It seems that Saturday’s vote by evangelical leaders in favor of Rick Santorum was less than meets the eye.

Republicans are rallying behind their eventual nominee.

Not surprisingly, it’s the end of Huntsmania

Charity? Or campaign stunt? Does it matter?

After having so much influence in 2010, the Tea Party is finding itself adrift in the search for a Republican nominee in 2012.

150-plus evangelical leaders are trying to derail the Romney Express. They’re going to get run over.

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.

Senator Jim DeMint demonstrated clearly today what is wrong with Washington.