Outside the Beltway

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

Some activists on the left are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to be abolished. While that may be a great sound bite, it doesn’t really accomplish anything.

Democrats have decided to move up the date of their 2020 Convention.

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Democrats on Capitol Hill are objecting to the proposed changes in the role of superdelegates in the party’s nomination process.

Republicans are at least a bit more confident that they’ll hold on to the Senate this year.

As he has in the past, Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic nomination for Senate in Vermont but won’t accept the nomination if he wins.

Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.

The highest ranking Democrat in the Senate has introduced a bill that would effectively decriminalize marijuana nationwide and leave it up to each state to decide how far they wish to go with regard to cannabis regulation. It’s a huge step in the right direction.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.

The Trump presidency is the latest step in treating commentators like policy experts. It is all a manifestation of how the modern GOP is a populist party.

Two seemingly contradictory essays out today highlight the exhausting political conversation environment.

Presidents are much more constrained in issuing and rolling back regulations than they or the public think.

A significant and important development in the Russia investigation that shows that President Trump’s claim that the stories of Russian interference in the 2016 election were “Fake News” is completely untrue.

While final votes remain to be taken, the Federal Government shutdown effectively ended this afternoon with an overwhelming bipartisan vote to reopen the government, combined with a commitment from Republicans to consider a DACA bill over the next three weeks. What happens next, though, is entirely uncertain.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

The Moore situation illustrates the nonhierarchical nature of US parties. This is nothing new.

Will Joe Biden be ‘tan, rested, and ready’ enough to take on 2020?

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

The ‘No Labels’ movement is back, and it’s as irrelevant to contemporary politics as ever.

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

Hillary Clinton delivers the most obvious news ever.

Hillary Clinton’s latest memoir lashes out at those to blame for her unexpected loss.

We’re a long way away from the start of the 2020 election cycle, but Democrats are already maneuvering for support and money.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Sarah Palin has filed a defamation suit against The New York Times alleging defamation in an Editorial linking her to the January 2011 shooting of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. From the facts alleged, she appears to have a good case.

A Congressman was shot, and a staffer and security detail members injured, at a practice session for tomorrow’s Congressional baseball game.

In addition to the race in New Jersey, the statewide races in Virginia are also being looked to as a barometer of American politics in the first year of the Trump Administration.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

The 44th President will make as for a one-hour speech as his old annual salary. Should we worry about that?

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

A new head for the DNC at a time when the Democratic Party finds itself reeling and eager to take on Donald Trump.

At Congressional town halls across the country, there are signs of what could turn into a movement that would cause real headaches for the GOP in future elections.

President Trump reverses a decision made by President Obama just over a year ago.

While hardly the most compelling argument against an archaic institution, yesterday’s silliness was noteworthy.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.