Outside the Beltway

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

They’re searching for good times. But just wait and see.

Representatives Choosing Their Voters Rather than Vice Versa, Chapter 412.

The erosion of representativeness continues.

A contrast in styles.

The expected has occurred.

Pretrial rulings strengthen his self-defense claims.

Voters are suppose to choose elected officials, not the other way around.

Short-term politics and long-term harm.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Perhaps the most normal thing President Trump has done.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Yet another twist in an ongoing saga.

The one-time wunderkind, blogging pioneer, and same-sex marriage champion is now on the outs.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

The President has hit rock bottom.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

The President’s unhinged Twitter rants have drawn a rebuke from an unlikely source.

Two new studies bring more questions than answers.

A great songwriter is gone at 73.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

It’s time to end this thing.

You can’t make this stuff up.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

A feminist icon offers some advice her allies will not want to hear.

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has entered the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination

After just two months, Mark Sanford is dropping his challenge to the incumbent President.

The Democratic victory in Virginia’s legislative elections has revived hopes for advocates of the Equal Rights Amendment, Even if Virginia does become the 38th state to ratify the measure, though, the actual status of the Amendment is exceedingly unclear.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

The effort to bring Catholic Church officials to justice for their decades of criminal conspiracy and child abuse continues to move forward.

In a rather obvious rebuke aimed at President Trump, Mitt Romney said this week that he will not endorse anyone for President in 2020.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

Four state GOPs appear poised to cancel their primaries/caucuses.