Outside the Beltway

I question the timing.

Some sense of proportion would be nice.

A reflection on four decades of presidential elections.

It’s neither unprecedented nor powerful. It doesn’t exist.

How that awful man won again.

Like Guy Fawkes, I got burnt!

The 45th President looks to be the 47th.

Remember, remember the fifth of November…

A low confidence Election Day forecast.

A modest disturbance in the force.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

Trump is significantly outpeforming his 2020 results in New York and Florida. It doesn’t matter.

Confirming who he always has been.

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

They have a preference but may not vote.

By one vote.

The skews may offset.

He was looking for a vote to steal.

Part the gazillioneth.

Does it really all come down to Pennsylvania?

Going solo has its disadvantages.

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

A bizarre court decision requires violating state and federal law.

The election analyst is out on a limb with Trump.

Nate Silver is throwing cold water on the convention bounce.

A Republican columnist is angry that Trump, not Harris, is being seen as the incumbent.

A graph that shows why Trump should be concerned

Democrats suddenly have multiple paths to victory.

The Democrats are in a good place heading into their convention.

Stoking anti-Semitism for political gain

There’s something for everyone in the post-debate surveys.

The slide continues.

The changes are minor but in the wrong direction for the guy who’s behind.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

All of the legal remedies are impossible.

More post-debate thoughts and a reminder about how US parties work.

He’s doing better in all the swing states but one than in 2020.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

It all comes down to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.

Gaming the appointment process.

It’s depressingly short.

The President wants an alternative schedule and format.

Well, more than two…

Are we betraying the Founders?

A longstanding project inches forward.

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

“The Rise of ‘Middle-Finger Politics’”

And back to thoughts on section 3.