Outside the Beltway

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

The President’s re-election fund-raising is off to a fast start.

So far, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has been far more about image than substance.

It’s still early in the 2020 cycle, but Democratic candidate are finding rally attendees focused on one thing. Beating Donald Trump.

Democrats in South Carolina seem to think they have a shot at beating Lindsey Graham in 2020. I wouldn’t be so sure of that.

Trump really has no plan about the border save for demagoging the issue.

The tumultuous turnover at the top of the Trump team is too much.

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edition.

California Governor Gavin Newsome may have put the issue front and center for 2020.

The Israeli prime minister is engaging in a familiar but dangerous gambit to retain power.

“We have to be careful in balancing big dreams and bold ideas with also recognizing that typically change happens in steps.”

Bernie also faces disclosure pressures.

It’s a lot harder than it looks.

The law is not on the President’s side.

Nein. Nein. Nein.

The Constitution’s invitation to struggle over foreign policy continues.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Six weeks is a very long time in American politics.

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

Trump’s threat will not make things better (and the notion of actually closing the border is insane).

The peril of not yet running for President include not yet having a campaign staff in place.

Another demonstration that evidence doesn’t much matter in modern American politics.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.

Only the best people, dontcha know.

The office has been vacant for 81 days. President Trump has yet to nominate a replacement.

Predictably, news that the investigation has ended has people on both sides cheering. It’s unwarranted.

Lock them up.

A weird takedown from within the #Resistance.

On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.

The business of the news is business–and it’s a weird business.

Graham is blocking a vote on a non-binding resolution on the Mueller report.

Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

The President’s latest ravings are “very bad, very bad.”

Minutes after a Federal judge added 43 months to his sentence, New York state prosecutors unsealed an indictment that could yield another 7 years.

Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton makes an argument familiar to OTB readers.

The Democratic Speaker of the House says there will be no charges against the Republican President barring an “overwhelming and bipartisan” consensus.

Beto O’Rourke hasn’t officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s certainly sending all the signals you’d expect from a Presidential candidate.

The former Vice President is seen as “just right” by likely Caucus goers.

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

Job growth in February was far below estimates, but we did see some solid wage growth and other signs that we’re approaching what economists refer to as “full employment.”

Paul Manafort walked into court yesterday facing the possibility of 20 years in prison. He came away with a much better outcome.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

A novel proposal for making SCOTUS appointments more responsive to election outcomes.