Outside the Beltway

The high character picks keep coming.

Veep edition.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

The Washington Post proves that, no matter how hard you try, you can’t cover some stories neutrally.

Republicans want him but do they really, really want him?

The anti-Trump attack dog is out of the race.

A poor answer to a softball question has created unnecessary controversy.

The media’s favorite Republican is doing better in some polls than the other candidates losing to Trump.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The anti-Trump forces are rallying around the former South Carolina governor and UN ambassador.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

Common ground is, sadly, bad politics.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

They chose the ticket, now they are going for the ride.

Thoughts on Pence and Christie.

Are they bored? Delusional?

Can the fat man take down the elephant in the room?

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Trump has selected current Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff, but that’s unlikely to change how the West Wing operates.

Gerrymandering. It’s not just for Republicans.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

On Tuesday, Michigan joined the ranks of the states where marijuana is legal and several other states legalized it for medical purposes.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Just over a week before two states will be voting on referendums to legalize recreational marijuana, a new poll finds that two-thirds of Americans support legalization.

One month before voters in several states head to the polls to vote on legalization referendums, a new poll shows that public support for legalization remains at record high levels.

As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, most people are listening to orders to evacuate, but some people aren’t.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

The Garden State has put a hold on marijuana prosecutions in anticipation of full legalization by the end of the year.