Outside the Beltway

Fading into the background is the appropriate end to his dance with MAGA.

The fourth place candidate for second place in the Republican primaries has taken his ball and gone home to Mother.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

Contrary to some public opinion, the economy is in decent shape.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

We finally have a winner. And we’re all losers.

Sigh.

Could the fourth time be the charm?

Emmer drops out.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

A hopeful irony.

Squirrel!

Three increasingly-embarrassing defeats is all you get, apparently.

Yesterday the Kraken. Today the Cheese. Whose flipping tomorrow?

The rare case where a clickbait headline is actually appropriate.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

In a bathtub?

Bidenomics is dragging Biden’s approval.

He might prefer McDeath.

She took a plea deal.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

He’s losing by a bigger margin in Round 2

Will at least four Republicans have a spine?

We need to do better.

A high-stakes move.

The crazies are this close to a complete takeover.

Jim Jordan is trying to bully his way into office. It almost certainly won’t work.

The clown show still lacks a ringmaster.

Or, if you prefer, stupid headline tricks.

Some thoughts on the Speaker contest.

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

McCarthy lost it. Turned in his gavel. You, guy, are number 1.

An amusing lede to an exasperating column.

The latest reminder.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

A race a Democrat will definitely win will be the most expensive in US history.

Some people say there’s a reporter to blame.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around anymore.

A weak leader has been ousted. Now what?

The game is the game.

A mere technicality?

What’s behind the sure-to-fail bid to oust his own party’s Speaker?

The Emily’s list leader will be the first Black lesbian in the Senate.

A satisfying but unlikely explanation.

It appears a shutdown has been averted after all.

The rules are a bit complicated.