Outside the Beltway

2,000 Mules edition.

The Democratic gadfly is performatively ‘leaving’ the party.

An execrable assertion.

Will the first President convicted of crimes be the first convicted felon re-elected as President?

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

Stunning news.

Closing arguments start today and a verdict and possible sentencing could come this week.

After ‘the economy,’ the two diverge wildly on their top priorities.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

It’s depressingly short.

He isn’t very popular.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

After weeks of protest, a solid effort.

The Alitos and the upside-down flag.

The President wants an alternative schedule and format.

Presidential v. senatorial polling in swings states is just, well, odd.

A potential GOP self-own in south Texas.

Veep edition.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

Well, more than two…

Heads he wins, tails you lose.

Immunity edition.

A minor gaffe is overshadowing a more complicated story.

He’s more than just a kook.

The NYT is going all-in painting it as “far more radical, vindictive and unchecked” than the first.

Americans look back more fondly on the Trump economy than they did in 2020.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

A republic if you can keep it, indeed.

It is a bit of a mess.

It must be another day that ends in a “Y”

An anti-Trump Republican endorses Trump.

The GOP caught the car and now doesn’t know what to do.

The gap is closing in the latest NYT/Siena College Poll.

“State’s rights” edition.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Many Democrats are worried about the fallout.

But almost certainly won’t be.

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

A truckload of deplorables.

He’s suddenly a billionaire after all.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

He may be fighting the last war.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

A pandemic hangover may be clouding American politics.