Outside the Beltway

Dennis Kucinich and nine other Members of Congress are suing the President. They won’t get very far.

Will last night’s debate have any influence on the potential candidates who weren’t there?

Rick Perry makes a valid point about bringing the economy back to Biblical principles.

Despite the disdain for him on the the hard right, Mitt Romney is the man to beat right now in the race for the GOP nomination.

Texas A&M professor finds serious flaws in college faculty productivity study.

Newt Gingrich’s entire senior presidential staff has resigned.

A new study finds that college tuition costs could be cut in half if lazy professors got off their butts.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tops the latest CNN poll of Republican presidential contenders.

With so many Republicans wringing their hands over the 2012 field, one name that keeps popping up as a possible game changer is Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Some think that 2012 will be like 1992. However, that analogy is problematic.

With the customary hand-wringing over the low quality of the presidential field well underway, the corollary pining for other candidates to join the race is starting.

With the 2012 GOP field looking very underwhelming, GOP insiders are looking toward Indianapolis for a savior.

Thanks to an appearance on Hardball we’ve got another story about a 47 year old law.

Romney wants to make a federalism based argument for why his MA health care bill is good, while the PPACA is tyrannical. However, just saying that is not an argument.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who will enter the Presidential race tomorrow, says he wouldn’t have tried to have Osama bin Laden killed.

When you look at it a little more closely, the Texas cheerleader case looks to be a case of bad lawyering.

Not surprisingly, having ordered a successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden is being highlighted on President Obama’s re-election tour.

A Texas high school student who was kicked off her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to cheer for her rapist had her lawsuit dismissed as frivolous and was ordered to pay $45,000 in legal fees.

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

If you look at the Tea Party’s impact on state politics, you see it really isn’t much different from the Religious Right.

More on that freeloader problem (today with less snark).

Everywhere you turn, people are asking for money.

Donald Trump has been surging in polls of Republican voters recently, but that doesn’t mean much of anything.

President Obama says he acted in Libya to avert an imminent genocide, but there’s no evidence that any such thing was about to occur.

Philip Greenspun wonders, “How did the New York Times manage to spend $40 million on its pay wall?”

House Republicans engaged in a publicity stunt on Friday that displayed a profound misunderstanding of how government actually works in the United States.

Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson is running for president.