Outside the Beltway

Stop me if you have heard this before, but he is unqualified for the job.

The man tabbed to lead the Defense Department was deemed an “insider threat.”

The MAGA Congresswoman is Trump’s pick.

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

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

How that awful man won again.

A different take on our political realignment.

Each state sets its own election rules. That’s not a good thing.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

They won’t tell you who’s going to be President. They’re still useful.

The 45th President and the press, part a million.

The 39th President hits the century mark.

They have a preference but may not vote.

But it is all still close.

Some Democrats are unhappy Harris is touting the endorsement of the Cheneys.

Dubya takes cover.

An oft-told tale turns out to be bullshit.

It’s not 2019 anymore.

We live in interesting times.

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

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

The slide continues.

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A famed political forecaster doesn’t believe the polls.

Several glimmers of hope from the Ukraine funding bill.

As the Silents and Boomers die off, their assets will be redistributed.

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

A century-old tradition has gone by the wayside.

The rule of law is under seige.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

Of party, duty, age, and political roulette.

The perils of speaking loudly while carrying a small stick.

If so, he’ll almost surely win bigly.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

The problem that won’t go away.

The country music singer was 62.

Republicans want him but do they really, really want him?

Stop me if you’ve heard this one . . .

Making 2024 about 2021 and 1777.

A bad column is worse than expected.

The denial of transfer to Federal Court could signal problems for Trump’s Presidential Immunity Claims

He appointed a third of the Justices but has the worst record before them in modern history.

The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court is gone at 93.