Outside the Beltway

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

Chris Stirewalt takes a victory lap.

Two incumbents roared to victory despite his opposition.

Did we not already know this?

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

His conversations with lawyers about stealing the election are not protected by privilege.

The former President should have known that his claims of election fraud were baseless.

It’s Manchin-approved.

Doing the right thing on 1/6/20 doesn’t absolve him of being a key Trump enabler.

In their censure of Cheney and Kinzinger the GOP wants to rewrite history.

A year after the Capitol riot, DOJ is coming after the most violent perpetrators.

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

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

Assessing her actions in 2018 in light of 2020 and onward.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

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

A novel but flawed legal argument.

It hasn’t changed in over 100 years (but the population sure has).

An interesting podcast conversation.

An emotional day set the tone for the investigation.

The College Republican National Committee Chairman elections shows the lessons taught by the national party.

Some Democratic election observers think so.

We need what we aren’t going to get.