Outside the Beltway

And if you’ll buy that, I’ll throw the Golden Gate in free.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

Should Secretary Pete have done more?

The past just won’t let him be.

The President will be the 2024 Democratic nominee. Get used to it.

The Arizona Senator runs an online thrift store in her spare time.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Because of course she is.

Waaaay too little, waaay too late.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

One of these things is not like the other.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

Another election denier loses.

How much is enough?

The “America First” slate of candidates lost all but one contest.

Well, kind of, but not really.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

It boils down to NV or GA.

Thinking about what was likely and what wasn’t.

Parsing the results thus far.

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

A low bar has been cleared.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

The Needle is Broken

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

Is the President governing like he means it?

We likely won’t know on Election Night.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

It’s easy if you try.

The race is returning to expectation.

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

A shameful stunt reminiscent of an even darker era.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Shockingly, when the most-watched news outlet is built on divisiveness, the country becomes divided.

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Her price to sign on to the Inflation Reduction Act was, well, odd.

A cruel and insidious ‘solution’ to the border problem.

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.