Outside the Beltway

Rick Perry’s campaign team is already starting to blame each other for the collapse of a campaign that isn’t over yet.

Domestic dispute or criminal act?

For a guy who says he dislikes “activist judges,” Rick Perry sure wants a certain Federal Judge in Virginia to be an activist.

Rick Perry is seeking Court intervention to get on the Virginia ballot. He isn’t likely to get very far.

Right now, Iowa is all about Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and a bunch of also-rans.

The rules that Republicans will be playing under in 2012 are far less revolutionary than some pundits would have you believe.

One of these people will be the 2012 Republican nominee for President no matter how much you’d like to dream otherwise.

Virginia has helped winnow the Republican field. You’re welcome America.

Those of us who obsess over politics and policy on a daily basis in no way represent the typical voter.

Newt Gingrich joins Rick Perry in having had his application to be on the Virginia Republican primary ballot disqualified. That leaves Mitt Romney and Ron Paul as the only candidates on the ballot.

Several candidates did not submit a completed application on time to qualify for Virginia’s Republican primary ballot.

Ron Paul doesn’t want to talk about his newsletters now, but he was pretty talkative 15 years ago.

Mark Richt, head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs, inadvertantly broke NCAA rules by paying coaches and other employees extra money out of his own pocket.

Newt Gingirch ups the ante in his rhetorical assault on judicial independence.

Do American courts throw people in jail for failing to pay their debts? No, they don’t.

Newt Gingrich is leading the GOP field, but losing to President Obama, but Republican voters don’t seem to care.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

A new ruling from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals raises a host of questions.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

A Democrat sees doom and gloom as far as the eye can see.

Another bad meme from the GOP.

The Occupy movement is starting to face the reality that they really aren’t engaging in protected speech.

The remains of US servicemen killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were thrown out with the trash.

Ohio voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican law restricting the collective bargaining rights of public employees–and also rebuked the health insurance mandate central to ObamaCare.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

So far, Hermain Cain seems to be doing okay in the polls.

George Will reminds conservatives to look in the mirror if the prospect of a President Romney dismays them.

The Feds fired Monster and now USAJobs is a disaster

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Should we be outraged over the manner in which Muammar Gaddafi died? I’m not losing any sleep over it.

Barack Obama uses a teleprompter. This is not a big deal.