Outside the Beltway

A group of researchers at Texas Tech, The University of Texas, and Yale University are conducting an online survey investigating social media use and political attitudes and behaviors.

The partisan crowds like President Obama’s populist rhetoric but it seems ill-suited for his re-election strategy.

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

Mitt Romney is once again the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination.

A major backer of Republican and Libertarian causes is under fire.

Rick Perry continues to slip in the polls.

What was written on a rock outside of a hunting lodge in Texas 30 years ago doesn’t really matter all that much.

The story of Perry’s hunting lodge probably doesn’t tell us that much about Perry, but it is still telling.

The first two months of Rick Perry’s campaign are a good example of why it helps to start a Presidential campaign early.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

Why does what was painted on a rock 30-odd years ago matter today?

Pete Gent, the former Dallas Cowboy and Michigan State player best known as the author of “North Dallas Forty,” has died at 69 from pulmonary illness.

He suggested the possibility of sending troops to Mexico to fight drug cartels.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Another entry in the ongoing follies of US border and immigration policy.

Mitt Romney is still being dogged by charges of changed positions. Now, he’s trying to spin that as a good thing.

Rick Perry has stumbled out of the gate, but he’ll be in this race for the long haul

Are we placing far too much importance on how someone does in a two hour so-called “debate”?

Another round of rumors is out claiming that Chris Christie is thinking about running for President.

Rick Perry’s immigration positions aren’t at all unreasonable, and that presents a problem for him inside the Republican Party.

Texas is ending the time-honored tradition of allowing condemned men to pick their last meal before being put to death.

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

Rick Perry has faltered, and that has given Mitt Romney an opening.

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

Rick Perry is still the GOP frontrunner, but his status far from secure.

The cable networks and the political parties will tell you otherwise, but the 2012 isn’t quite as important as they’re saying.

Is there another explanation for Michele Bachmann’s decision to keep bringing Rick Perry’s HPV vaccine order up?

We’re getting close to the point where only two people on this stage will matter.

One provision of the President’s jobs bill would give an ill-advised right to the unemployed.

A book could be written on this subject, but let me suggest the following as a good place to start

Why even have an electoral college?

Allocating Electoral Votes by Congressional District is an idea whose time has come.

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

College towns and lily white enclaves top the list of best educated cities.

Businessman Bob Turner (R) defeated state Assemblyman David Weprin (D) in the special election for the House seat held by former New York Rep. Anthony Weiner (D). State Sen. Mark Amodei (R) beat state Treasurer Kate Marshall (D) in a special election for the House seat left open by Sen. Dean Heller (R), who was appointed to replace Sen. John Ensign (R).