Outside the Beltway

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

But almost certainly won’t be.

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

Virginia’s governor is finding running a state harder than running a venture capitalist firm.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

Two data points are not a trend.

Explaining the inexplicable.

Israel’s prime minister is defying red lines and humanitarian concerns.

The politics of chaos.

A data point or two amid the panic.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

Ezra Klein makes a compelling case.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

The inevitable has happened.

The system isn’t very good.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

More importantly, comments on challenges to incumbent presidents.

I know it when I see it.

Let the punditry begin.

Survey research is not without flaws. But we dismiss it at our peril.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

And this doesn’t even clear them all!

A race a Democrat will definitely win will be the most expensive in US history.

The Emily’s list leader will be the first Black lesbian in the Senate.

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

Also: calls for his resignation.

Another illustration of the weakness of the American party system.

The President’s support for labor and aggressive action on climate change are in tension.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

The DC district attorney’s office is looking into allegations of masssive tax fraud.

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

Today’s youth cohort might actually vote.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

The parties do not control their labels.

What’s more important, appearances or action?

In a world of fixed positions, is debating in good faith really worth it?

When a go-to “nonpartisan” defender breaks rank does that change your opinion?

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

Horse race coverage in all the things.

A columnist argues his failed launch was emblematic of a larger problem.

Does a successful, moderate governor stand any chance in today’s GOP?

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

“Classical liberals” really need to rediscover self examination

Whither American civil religion?