Outside the Beltway

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

From the State of Alabama we get a perfect example of the reason why, at times, the law is an ass.

The Democratic candidates for President who didn’t qualify for the third debate are coming under increased pressure to get out of the race.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the latest politician to apologize for donning blackface while she was in college.

Just joking edition.

For a change not by me.

A former Federal Reserve officials argues that the Fed should not lower interest rates to compensate for the impact of the President’s trade war, potentially leading to his defeat in the election. This is an incredibly bad idea.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that states cannot punish electors who fail to follow the will of the majority of voters n their state or state laws purporting to direct how they should vote.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

Two new polls released today indicate that earlier suggestions that the race for the Democratic nomination had shifted were incorrect.

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson will retire at the end of 2019, setting up a contest in 2020 to fill the remainder of his term.

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

Iowa Congressman Steve King finds himself low on campaign cash and with virtually no support from his party.

Controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was voted out of office in 2016 after serving six terms in office, is running to get his old job back.

A new poll shows Joe Biden dropping significantly among national Democrats to the point where he is effectively tied with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

President Trump continues to have an odd obsession with nuclear weapons.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

Elizabeth Warren is rising tn the polls of the Democratic primary race, but one analyst argues she may be the perfect candidate….to help re-elect Donald Trump.

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

And what a week it has been.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

A disturbing story that’s almost certainly not what it first appears.

President Trump’s hand-picked Federal Reserve Chairman is stating the blindingly obvious about the ongoing trade war, so of course the President labeled him an enemy.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending a Presidential bid that few people were paying attention to.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

Republican candidates are lining up to take on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez even though the odds of a Republican winning in her district are essentially zero.

Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.

Donald Trump’s delusions of grandeur are getting more and more bizarre.

Mark Kelly, and the Democratic Party, got some good news in the latest Senate poll out of Arizona.

Even when it comes from his favorite propaganda network, Donald Trump doesn’t like bad news.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, who dropped out of the race for President just last week, is running for Senate in his home state.

As many as twelve candidates for the Democratic nomination may not qualify for the next debate. They should use that as an opportunity to get out of a race they clearly aren’t going to win.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is the latest candidate to drop ou of the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination. He won’t be the last.

A new poll shows Donald Trump losing to top Democrats in head-to-head races.

Former Vice-President Biden has dropped his first television ad in Iowa, and it touches on his strongest selling point.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

The Trump Administration has apparently decided that it will not be providing the flu vaccine to migrants being held in facilities at the southern border.

As he has in the past, President Trump has backed away from support for any gun control measures in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Mark Halperin, the former MSNBC political analyst who was accused of misconduct during the height of the #MeToo Movement, is trying to make a comeback with a new book.

A new poll shows solid support for free trade and opposition to the President’s tariffs, suggesting strongly that Trump is losing the public relations battle on this issue.

More than five years after the fact, the NYPD officer who applied an illegal chokehold that resulted in the death of Eric Garner has finally been fired.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts could be facing a big challenge in 2020.

Joe Biden continues to lead the Democratic field but Elizabeth Warren has slipped into second while Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris appear to be slipping.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.