Outside the Beltway

To lose something one has to have it in the first place. (It is pretty basic logic).

The buffoonish billionaire is tapping into something real.

Clinton’s wanton disregard for the rules had predictable consequences.

Like many Republicans, Jeb Bush continues to be willfully blind to the truth about the Iraq War.

Donald Trump is leading in Iowa, and very few things make sense anymore.

Donald Trump’s assertion that he will get Mexico to pay for his border wall is being laughed at in Mexico City.

Another poll shows that most Americans, and even most Republicans, support a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

“Fiscal conservative” Scott Walker is handing Wisconsin taxpayers a $400 million bill for a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton, but within the margin of error, in New Hampshire. But a deeper examination suggests that Bernie-mentum is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Hillary Clinton has turned over her private email server in the wake of reports about highly classified information in her email.

Based on a recent poll, it doesn’t appear that Democrats are all that eager for Vice-President Biden to challenge Hillary Clinton.

Rick Perry’s campaign is already showing signs that it may not last long.

Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his post-debate meltdown, now the only question is what the polls will tell us when they come out.

The fallout from Donald Trump’s debate performance, and his comments afterward, continues, and it’s leading some to wonder if we may finally be at the end of this ridiculous charade.

Erick Erickson has disinvited Donald Trump from the RedState Gathering. What finally pushed him over the edge?

It’s a Donald Trump debate, where the facts are made up and the truth doesn’t matter.

The low-polling candidates met in an early debate. It was about what you’d expect.

The Senate Majority Leader says there will be no immigration reform while Obama is President. This is unlikely to help the GOP’s already serious problems with Latino voters.

The F.B.I. seems to be looking in to just how secure. Hillary Clinton’s private email server was while she was Secretary of State.

Donald Trump is center stage, John Kasich is in, and Rick Perry is relegated to the kid’s table.

Donald’s Trump’s campaign is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of emotion-drive, substance-free politics.

The last three polls to be released before Thursday’s debate show Donald Trump continuing to solidify his lead.

Another poll, another Donald Trump lead

Recent polling has shown the American public to be highly skeptical, at beast, of the Iran Nuclear Deal. That may not be enough to kill it in Congress, though.

In 1992, an eccentric billionaire ran an independent campaign against a Bush and a Clinton. It could happen again.

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

The big winners are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump’s campaign seems to be making a play for whatever portion of the GOP it may be that still likes Sarah Palin.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

The current Republican primary polls are “measuring a unicorn electorate” yet effect the outcome of the race.

As expected, former Virginia Governor and Republican National Committee chairman Jim Gilmore has tossed his hat into the ring:

A little known Congressman from North Carolina has filed a motion to “remove” John Boehner from the Speakership.

Hillary Clinton has suffered drops in her favorability numbers lately, but that may not mean much for 2016.

Chris Christie says he would ignore states that have legalized marijuana if he became President. Fortunately, he will most likely never be President.

With just over a week to go, Republican candidates for President are fighting for the movement in the polls that could get them in to the August 6th debate.

In bringing Holocaust imagery into the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, Mike Huckabee has displayed the intellectual bankruptcy of his position.