Outside the Beltway

The real crime is what’s legal.

Fund-raising alone won’t save American democracy.

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

A counterintuitive move.

The controversies over our geriatric Congress continue.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

Saruman’s rigid arrogance ultimately made him pathetic. Sound familiar?

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

An unprecedented spending blitz is upending the campaign.

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both brought in impressive fundraising numbers for the final quarter of 2019.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

There were few fireworks during the first day of public impeachment hearings, but the ground work for a case against the President was laid.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

Does it get much more swampy than this?

As many as twelve candidates for the Democratic nomination may not qualify for the next debate. They should use that as an opportunity to get out of a race they clearly aren’t going to win.

There are hints that former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper could abandon his seemingly doomed Presidential bid to run for Senate.

Donald Trump is a complete package, you can’t support part of it without at least implicitly endorsing all of it.

Citing the so-called “Billy Graham Rule,” a Republican candidate for Governor in Mississippi is refusing to let a female reporter accompany him on a campaign ride-along.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger. Much like 2014, though, it’s far too early to start writing his political obituary.

Senator Elizabeth Warren raised $19 million despite eschewing the high-dollar fundraisers her opponents have utilized.

Kamala Harris lagged the top Democratic candidates in fundraising in the second quarter, but that’s likely to change.

It was a very successful fundraising quarter for the former Vice-President.

Bernie Sanders raised $18 million in the second quarter of the year, trailing fellow candidate Pete Buttigieg.

President Trump And the RNC raised a record amount in the second quarter of the year.

The lineups for the first Democratic debate of the 2020 season are set but some candidates are likely to be unhappy.

Quietly, Elizabeth Warren has been campaigning and putting out policy proposals while also appearing to gain ground on her closest rival, Bernie Sanders.

Reports yesterday had former Vice-President Biden entering the Presidential field as early as tomorrow. Those plans appear to be delayed. but an an announcement still appears to be coming.

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

There’s a good reason why Democrats want Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to get out of the way sooner rather than later.

Roger Stone, who worked with the Trump campaign in an official and unofficial capacity throughout the campaign, has been indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

After initially saying no, Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke is now reopening the door to the idea of running for President.

The economy may be doing well, but that didn’t help Republicans in the midterms.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

The Attorney General of New York has filed a Complaint against President Trump and several members of his family alleging widespread fraud in the operation of Trump’s charitable Foundation.

The prosecutor who came to national prominence jumping on the #MeToo bandwagon has now been run over by it.

Republicans are raising the fear of impeachment to motivate a base that could become disaffected heading into November.

A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.

Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

The differing reactions among Republicans in Washington and the base of the Republican Party to the charges against Roy Moore have enhanced a civil war inside the Republican Party.

Another Alabama woman accuses Roy Moore of sexually assaulting him when she was a teenager.

In his time as President, Donald Trump has demonstrated as much contempt for the rule of law as he did as a candidate.

Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

Democratic nominee Jon Ossoff is leading in a race that Republicans should be winning easily.