Outside the Beltway

Now an airport.

How party change actually works in the US. Plus more on messaging and organzing.

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

Facts versus framing, with a little Mandela effect thrown in for good measure.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

In truth, not close to enough.

Thinking about what is predictive as well as the usefulness of historical case studies.

“You can’t be against everything.”

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

Added historical context to ongoing conversations about American democracy.

It would appear to be the case.

The annual gathering showed us what the Republican Party would become years ago.

President Biden told a little fib.

A curious bit of branding.

On the op/ed page of WaPo, the 10 living former U.S. secretaries of defense say things that shouldn’t have to be said.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

Some key numbers.

As Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush remind us, there was a time when Republicans weren’t xenophobic nationalists when it comes to immigration policy.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.