Outside the Beltway

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

Injecting data into the conversation.

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

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

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

Accuracy takes time.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

The President has hit rock bottom.

A great character actor is gone.

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

The trend line shifted this week.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

It is foolish to think that we ever escape politics.

Of course he did.

Joementum.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

A case where the rules probably shouldn’t apply to the President.

Racial and xenophobic rhetoric and Covid-19.

This time, the Pences

The gaslighting will continue until morale improves.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

Former prosecutors are suddenly “out.”

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

You can guess the rest.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.

The coaching legend led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in NFL history.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Not to encourage people to skip the longer version, but here’s a key point.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Exactly the opposite of what we need in a crisis.

The Constitution in times of extreme crisis.

It’s time to end this thing.

Too many people still don’t understand the idea behind ‘flattening the curve.’ That includes our President.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

There’s very little upside.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

These decisions should be made by professionals.

This is no way to run a railroad.

Nate Silver now gives Biden an 87% chance of winning the nomination outright.