Outside the Beltway

The 2016 election will be fought on a very small battlefield, and right now the makeup of that battlefield heavily favors the Democrats.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

CNN has revised its criteria for the main September 16th debate such that Carly Fiorina will now most likely make the cut.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders gaining traction outside of New Hampshire for the first time.

Jeb Bush’s campaign has been in a rough patch for several weeks at least, and now he’s lost three top fundraisers.

Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.

Hillary Clinton has a bit of a public image problem, but it’s not clear if that will hurt her politically.

Another poll shows Bernie Sanders doing will in New Hampshire, but there’s no evidence he’s catching on anywhere else in the country.

Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.

Trump is at -51 net favorability and Clinton at +40. The rest of the field is at “Who?”

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

The reports about Vice-President Biden possibly entering the Presidential race continue to persist.

Another poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the Iranian nuclear deal, but the effort to defeat it in Congress is still likely to fail.

Hillary Clinton’s own campaign admits she “didn’t think it through” when she decided to use a private email server as Secretary of State.

While new information seems to come out on a daily basis, Hillary Clinton would rather that everyone think that her private email server wasn’t really a very big deal.

Top Democratic donors don’t really seem very eager for Vice-President Biden to enter the race for President.

The POLITICO gang report that a “Joe Biden strategy for [a] White House run [is] taking shape.”

The buffoonish billionaire is tapping into something real.

Clinton’s wanton disregard for the rules had predictable consequences.

Like many Republicans, Jeb Bush continues to be willfully blind to the truth about the Iraq War.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton, but within the margin of error, in New Hampshire. But a deeper examination suggests that Bernie-mentum is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Hillary Clinton has turned over her private email server in the wake of reports about highly classified information in her email.

Based on a recent poll, it doesn’t appear that Democrats are all that eager for Vice-President Biden to challenge Hillary Clinton.

Last night reinforced what I thought about some candidates and changed what I think about others.

It’s a Donald Trump debate, where the facts are made up and the truth doesn’t matter.

The low-polling candidates met in an early debate. It was about what you’d expect.

The F.B.I. seems to be looking in to just how secure. Hillary Clinton’s private email server was while she was Secretary of State.

The last three polls to be released before Thursday’s debate show Donald Trump continuing to solidify his lead.

Recent polling has shown the American public to be highly skeptical, at beast, of the Iran Nuclear Deal. That may not be enough to kill it in Congress, though.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

The big winners are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

The current Republican primary polls are “measuring a unicorn electorate” yet effect the outcome of the race.

Hillary Clinton has suffered drops in her favorability numbers lately, but that may not mean much for 2016.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

Get ready for another pointless political circus.

Hillary Clinton’s two biggest challengers were ambushed at a progressive political convention over the weekend.

Did Hillary Clinton mishandle classified information while Secretary of State? Two Inspectors General want to find out.

Donald Trump won’t rule out running against the eventual Republican nominee. Will the RNC use this as an excuse to try to force him out of the race?

We are still a ways from actual voting–this needs to be remembered.

Polling in three battleground states shows Hillary Clinton slightly trailing three top Republicans, but it means far less than you might think.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

The Huffington Post announced today that they would not be covering Donald Trump in their politics section from this point forward. That’s the wrong thing to do.

Donald Trump leads in a new national poll, but a deeper look at the numbers suggests that this Trump Bubble can’t last for very much longer.

In the end, the odds that Congress can actually stop the new deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program are pretty low.

Depending on who you listen to, it’s either peace in our time or an epic catastrophe.