Outside the Beltway

Top Four likely makes things worse.

Tweaking the message and getting out the vote don’t matter as much as strategists think.

The new honcho at the original 24 hour news network wants to be more subtle and less alarmest.

Half a century have passed since a botched burglary changed history.

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

Are we too regulated for our own good?

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

A follow on from yesterday.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

A bloc of moderates is not coming to a Senate near you.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Hillary Clinton edition.

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

A new poll offers mixed results.

A majority of Americans are less than sure that Biden won the 2020 election.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

Counting is not necessarily as straightforward as it may seem.

The clock is ticking.

Pew’s new typology shows the diversity of both US political parties.

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

The Biden admin is about to take a demilitarized group off the terrorist list and some people aren’t happy about it.

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

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

Senator Romney and the latest edition of the senatorial pro-filibuster op/ed.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

Going back to 1977 (there’s a pattern).

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

Can we stop pretending these trolls and grifters are Republicans?

Joe Biden has bet his presidency on a caucus that may simply be irreconcilable.

$1.75 trillion ain’t $3.5 trillion but it’s something.

The West Virginia Senator is the epicenter of contemporary American politics.

The President’s approval has plummeted, largely because of factors outside his control.

His explanation makes no sense. At all.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

The Democrats are apparently selling their omnibus spending package the wrong way.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

He beats the alternative.