Outside the Beltway

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

Two prominent media pollsters are hedging their bets.

Sigh.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Trump’s leadership style encapsulated.

Less Trumpy Trump still Trump.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Some surprising poll numbers.

Reminders from a perusal of the news.

It turns out, he wasn’t hacked. (Spoiler: They’re never hacked.)

Instead of a second presidential debate, we got competing TV shows.

Rudy Giuliani and a hack tabloid are trying to revive the Burisma story.

The Emoluments Clause is essentially unenforceable.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

No, our topic infectious disease expert did not endorse President Trump.

Trump continues to lag.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

I’m sorry, what?

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

The infected guy wants a face-to-face debate.

His campaign now wants more live debates.

Because of course they are.

Is that wise?

The world’s worst COVID manager is now the world’s worst COVID patient.

A parody of a joke.

The inevitable has happened.

They are standing by as ordered.

Sigh.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Should we question the timing?

Multiple reports have the Notre Dame graduate replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

A potentially catastrophic delay has been averted.

A new poll shows meaningful shifts in public attitudes.

A pleasant surprise.

A party-line vote may scuttle mail-in voting in a crucial swing state.

The two oldest major party nominees in American history are not inspiring great confidence.

The AG is not supposed to be the President’s personal attorney.

Biden is polling well, and consistently so.

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

As Election Day draws closer, the President is doubling down on stoking racial resentment.