Outside the Beltway

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

A legally correct but maddening ruling.

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

President Biden masterfully used the pageantry of the day to shatter the self-asserted Trumpian monopoly on patriotism.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

President-Elect Biden is planning a big first few days, Congress be damned.

Hashtag: You’re Fired.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

Further musings on the future of the Grand Old Party.

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

He seems to have taken his ball and gone home.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

Donald Trump is in a category by himself.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Governing without Congress has its price.

We have a President-Elect.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

The lawyers can’t clean up the mess left by the President’s sudden incapacity.

A pandemic and a government populated with people in their 70s and 80s.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A defense of the indefensible.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

New numbers show more consistency.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

The platform decision is emblematic of a Trump-led party.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

A shocking and yet completely unsurprising development.

I don’t see it.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

An amazing statement from Bolton’s book.

If the Democrats win back the White House in November, it’ll be no thanks to men.

The Economist gives Joe Biden an 83% chance to win the Electoral College.

Trump fires another Inspector General.

The status quo ante is not just waiting for us around the corner.

Some potentially good news for Biden,

Especially for Joe Biden.