Outside the Beltway

His party got destroyed in EU elections, so he’s doubling down.

The moderates are gone.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

The professionals are striving to keep up with changing voter habits.

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

Rubio reportedly wants the gig.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

It’s depressingly short.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

Compared to any available alternative, yes.

Yesterday’s New Jersey speech was something to behold.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

Well, more than two…

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

Police have been brought at universities across the country.

This is only “one alternative, and this is being murdered.”

Americans look back more fondly on the Trump economy than they did in 2020.

A disturbing dissection in the NYT Magazine.

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

It’s no longer just a Third World problem.

Part of an ongoing conversation.

A longstanding project inches forward.

Some of these have been piling up for a while.

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

There will be lawyers.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

He may be fighting the last war.

So many intentions to write, so little time.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The mess in California hides a more pressing issue.

Here we go again.

The last challenger to Donald Trump bows to reality.

An unsurprising result.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

Data from the early primaries

The politics of chaos.

The Top Two system has created perverse incentives.

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

Fighting a cult of personality is exhausting.

A fundamental flaw illustrated.

He owes over half a billion so far. That creates significant conflicts of interest.