Outside the Beltway

Town hall meetings are a relic of a different age.

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.