Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump and Ben Carson remain at the top of the Republican Presidential field heading into the second debate on Wednesday.

Vice-President Biden dropped another hint that suggests he might not be up to running for President.

Bernie Sanders continues to cause Hillary Clinton problems, and Joe Biden could cause more if he enters the race.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

In an interview, Donald Trump reveals that when it comes to foreign policy he has no idea what he’s talking about.

The longer this race goes on, the hard it becomes to deny the truth about Donald Trump.

Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.

States who try to use loyalty oaths to keep Donald Trump off the ballot will be running afoul of the Constitution.

Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.

Even if Donald Trump isn’t the Republican nominee in 2016, he could still end up causing real harm to the party’s chances of winning the White House and holding on to the Senate.

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

The reports about Vice-President Biden possibly entering the Presidential race continue to persist.

Based on a recent poll, it doesn’t appear that Democrats are all that eager for Vice-President Biden to challenge Hillary Clinton.

In 1992, an eccentric billionaire ran an independent campaign against a Bush and a Clinton. It could happen again.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

A Republican political consultant says Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination.

Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb is running for President for reasons I would assume make sense to him.

More Democrats are calling themselves “liberal” than they have in years. Republicans, too.

Two new polls show Bernie Sanders rising in the polls in New Hampshire, but they likely don’t mean anything in the long term.

Hillary Clinton opened a new phase in her campaign for President yesterday with a speech in New York City.

Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.

Yet another poll shows that most Americans support a path to citizenship, and that a majority of Republican agree with them.

The “Draft Warren” movement is basically dead.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

The Clinton Foundation has disclosed that there were $26 million in donations that it had failed to disclose while Hillary was Secretary of State.

A new Gallup poll puts support for same-sex marriage above 60% for the first time ever.

Hillary Clinton has admitted she made a mistake in supporting the Iraq War in 2002, but there are plenty of other questions she needs to answer when it comes to foreign interventions.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

Republicans could learn a few things from the Tory victory in the recent British elections, but they are in danger of drawing the wrong conclusions.

The largely conservative state of Nebraska seems to be on the verge of repealing its law authorizing capital punishment.

Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.

After weeks of polls predicting a political stalemate or worse, British voters delivered a strong win for David Cameron and the Tories.

Possibly big news out of Canada

Economic growth slowed significantly in the first three months of 2015, but it’s not clear what that means going forward.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

The press corps is already bored.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

Seventy years ago, Harry Truman became President in the final months of a war. He wasn’t prepared for it, but most Vice-President’s after him have been.

Once again, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren says she isn’t running for President, and has no plans to do so.

Hillary Clinton continues to look more inevitable by the day, but Joe Biden doesn’t want to go away just yet.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.

The 2008 runner-up has scared off all serious challengers for 2016. Why?

Despite the ongoing email controversy, Hillary Clinton remains well positioned heading into 2016.

Most in the international relations community are not amused by the president’s National Security Strategy.