Outside the Beltway

The obsession over a singular winner ultimately makes no sense.

The caucus tallies are so riddled with errors that the DNC is calling for a recount.

A touching tribute to doing the right thing.

The media coverage continues on script.

Donald Trump is the third President to be impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate.

The State of the Union is petulant.

It’s more embarrassing than we thought.

We do not have results yet.

We’re right back where we started.

The real scandal isn’t the price tag but the beneficiary.

He’s tanned, rested, and ready. But it ain’t happening.

Not surprisingly, we remain as polarized as ever.

How Iowa works.

Cyber security experts are quite alarmed.

Proposed mid-stream changes could help Bloomberg, hurt Sanders, and divide the party.

(At least the removal part)

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

It’s literally the equivalent of buying a large pizza for the average American household.

This. Changes. Everything.

What difference at this point does it make?

New section of wall goes all Jericho in Mexicali

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

One side is arguing over rules while the other is focused on consequences.

The election appeal.

The leading papers in Iowa and New Hampshire are backing Klobuchar and Warren, respectively.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Boldy going where Starfleet has gone before.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

The literature on term limits is not a favorable one.

A political scientist argues that college-educated intellectuals are doing politics wrong.

Feel free to discuss the quiz and/or share your results in the comments.

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

Dennis Prager makes me feel like we are living in the Upside Down.

Rules for covering the Senate trial highlight changes in how we get the news.

A real world illustration.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

And now the real farce begins.

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.

More on Rudy’s actions in Ukraine

Term limits and referenda may sound good, but they are terrible ideas

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.