Outside the Beltway

Could Rick Perry recover from his disastrous 2012 campaign to become a viable candidate?

There seem to be some signs that defense hawks in the GOP are concerned about Rand Paul’s growing popularity in the party.

Opponents of immigration reform are using “border security” as a shield to hide their true desire to kill the very idea of immigration reform.

Scott Walker could be the GOP’s surprise candidate in 2016.

The GOP seems to be making the same mistakes that led to defeat in 2012.

If one is going to be in government, one ought to take governing seriously.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

We’re actually not speculating about who might be running any more than we used to.

There’s simply no question that a person born abroad to a US citizen is a ‘natural-born Citizen.’

Is someone who’s only be a Senator for just over 100 days a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2016?

The GOP’s decision to filibuster the Senate Gun Control Bill doesn’t make a lot of political sense.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

Ooops.

Senator Ted Cruz has alienated his colleagues in record time.

Chuck Hagel will be confirmed, but the campaign against him tells us much about the current state of Republican foreign policy

Guess who’s back?

Some Republicans are beginning to ponder what might happen to their party if Mitt Romney loses in 2012.

Over two days of speakers, not a single Republican has mentioned the Tea Party.

Jeb Bush continues to speak the truth on the GOP’s position on immigration issues. Sadly, his fellow Republicans aren’t listening.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

The media are wildly exaggerating the heckling at a gathering of conservatives.