Outside the Beltway

The Chief of Staff wants to play pretend.

Another unwelcome milestone that magical thinking won’t fix.

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

Alabama’s junior Senator needs my help.

Trump’s leadership style encapsulated.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

Let’s just say Rasmussen is an extreme outlier.

Less Trumpy Trump still Trump.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Same endless song, different verse.

A variety of factors have led to better survival chances for those hospitalized with the disease.

Wherein I revive an old blogging bit…

Not the flu.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Some surprising poll numbers.

Comparing the White House’s approach to that of sports leagues on testing.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

Three negative tests have overturned an initial false positive.

A Blue Wave still looks quite likely.

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

It turns out, he wasn’t hacked. (Spoiler: They’re never hacked.)

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

Instead of a second presidential debate, we got competing TV shows.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

Alabama’s head football coach and athletic director have both tested positive for COVID-19.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

A legally correct ruling based on a lie.

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

The Emoluments Clause is essentially unenforceable.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

Give him his damn respect.