Outside the Beltway

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

Do gay candidates have a special obligation to be leftists?

Could the fevered dream really come true?

Two early frontrunners are being written off.

It’s a reasonable question but not the right one.

The Attorney General claims to be frustrated by Presidential tweets that undermine his department.

We now have five candidates in double-digits.

An unprecedented spending blitz is upending the campaign.

The Democratic nominee will be white.

There was not a singular “winner” last night, so we need to stop talking like there was.

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are changing the perception of the race.

The math compelled it. But he outlasted several better-known candidates.

Some thoughts based on incomplete results.

An amusing discovery.

The plurality of New Hampshire voters are unaffiliated. Should they all stay at home?

A feminist icon offers some advice her allies will not want to hear.

Biden’s support is in decline. But it’s not clear that Buttigieg is getting an Iowa bounce.

Nobody even agrees on what baselines to use.

The precise distribution of 41 measly delegates is now known. Unless there’s a recount.

How is the mayor of a modest-sized Midwestern city doing as well as he has?

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

Is there a new frontrunner?

The Vermont Senator is a better politician than most give him credit for.

America first.

America’s mayor talks like a snake oil salesman/conman.

A long overdue correction.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

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.