Outside the Beltway

Herman Cain: candidate du jour or something more permanent?

Gallup takes the first look at the GOP field after Huckabee, Trump, and Daniels dropped out.

There have been no significant surveys of the Republican field taken since the announcement that frontrunners Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump and Establishment darling Mitch Daniels have dropped out of the race.

Is Donald Trump back in the race? Not yet, but he hasn’t ruled it out.

Mitch Daniels, the candidate of George Will and a host of mainstream Republicans hoping for something better in 2012, has announced he will not be running for president in 2012.

When one realizes that Trump is basically a brand, rather than anything else, his PR foray into politics makes more sense.

All signs are that Michele Bachmann is running for president. What impact will she have on the race?

Does the Donald Trump flame-out provide any kind of guide to other candidates? Only if they want to host a reality show.

With Huckabee out, the right side of the GOP primary base may end up divided. And that will help Mitt Romney.

With co-frontrunner Mike Huckabee out, Mitt Romney looks stronger than ever.

Mike Huckabee’s decision not to run has shaken up the GOP field for 2012.

We won’t have Mike Huckabee to kick around in 2012.

So, what’s up with Donald Trump’s bizarre hairdo? He insists it’s not a comb-over.

New rules for the 2012 primary open the door for a Tea Party candidate to take the GOP nomination.

David Brooks declares Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, and Jon Huntsman the only serious candidates for the Republican nomination.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

The birthers are dead (kinda), so long live the transcripters!

A respected liberal blogger thinks Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are the most appalling Americans of our time.

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

President Obama chided the media for paying too much attention to the birther issue, but his criticism was unwarranted.

Surprising no one, President Obama’s release of his long-form birth certificate has satisfied none of the Birthers.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?