Outside the Beltway

While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.

As Hurricane Florence bears down on the East Coast, most people are listening to orders to evacuate, but some people aren’t.

Just three weeks after their home was hit by a devastating storm, Donald Trump is attacking Puerto Ricans for not recovering from the storm sooner.

For now at least, it looks as though last week’s email news is having little impact on the state of the race for President.

President Obama is being criticized for remaining on vacation while Louisiana deals with historic flooding.

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.

His poll numbers are down, the GOP base is not hospitable, but Chris Christie still seems to be thinking about running for President.

Once again, reporters and pundits are arguing that Chris Christie’s “New Jersey style” won’t play well on the stump. I’m not so sure they’re right.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

Trouble in paradise for two of Hawaii’s top Democrats?

Once again, the Tea Party has gotten the best of House GOP Leadership.

The bloom is off the rose, but Chris Christie could still be a strong candidate in 2016.

Will a couple closed lanes on the George Washington Bridge end up being a problem for New Jersey’s Chris Christie going forward?

Once again, Chris Christie seems to be directly challenging the right wing of his party.

Chris Christie has had a very good month, and it’s ending with him with a strong lead among potential Republican candidates for 2016.

The “Hastert Rule” isn’t the reason Speaker Boehner isn’t bringing a “clean” CR up for a vote, political survival is.

Speaker Boehner told his caucus members that he will not allow a default over the debt ceiling but don’t look for a change in strategy.

It’s now clear that, absent an unlikely miracle, there will be a government shutdown.

The one Republican currently polling anywhere close to Hillary Clinton is, unfortunately for the GOP base, Chris Christie.

Republicans aren’t happy with their leadership. The reason why is also the reason why Republicans are in trouble politically.

Time to “pivot to the economy” again.

Marco Rubio is threatening to withdraw support for the immigration plan he helped draft, but I would suggest not reading too much into that threat.

One Virginia Republican Member of Congress recently got a lesson in what going against the GOP’s hyperpartisan atmosphere feels like.

CPAC’s organizers have decided not to invite the most popular Governor in the country.

January’s Jobs Report wasn’t much to write home about

Some surprisingly bad economic news

Chris Christie looks unstoppable in his bid for re-election

Despite the push it’s likely to receive, most of President Obama’s gun control proposals will barely even see the light of day in Congress.

The House GOP is moving in an ever more dangerous direction.

Cory Booker’s decision to explore a run for the U.S. Senate has upset the powers-that-be in New Jersey Democratic politics.

The attempted coup against John Boehner resembled something you’d see in a banana republic.

It’s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to disaster relief.

Hell hath no fury like a Christie scorned.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

At this moment, Chris Christie is the most popular Governor in the country.