Outside the Beltway

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

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

Kamala Harris wins by not losing.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

Multiple reports have the Notre Dame graduate replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Injecting data into the conversation.

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

The President has hit rock bottom.

Dissenters to a denied emergency appeal argue it is.

A researcher has documented 66 separate incidents since May 27.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

This time, the Pences

The pandemic is highlighting an international shame.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

CBS did a lousy job.

The venerable youth organization has fallen on hard times.

We now have five candidates in double-digits.

How is the mayor of a modest-sized Midwestern city doing as well as he has?

This. Changes. Everything.

Our measures for preventing abuse of our social welfare system are preventing those who need it most go without.

Pete Buttigieg had a very successful fundraising quarter at the same time he is rising in the polls.

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.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

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.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

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.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is basically a non-entity in the race for the Democratic nomination, will not be running for re-election.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

The Commission on Presidential Debates has released the schedule and criteria for the General Election debates. As usual, the criteria are heavily biased in favor of the major party candidates.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

Pete Buttigieg’s momendum in the polls has slowed, but his fundraising ability has not.

The latest Des Moines Register poll puts Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at the top of the pack in the Hawkeye State.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

Republicans managed to pull off a narrow win in North Carolina yesterday, but they shouldn’t be celebrating.

As the race for the Democratic nomination heads into the fall, it looks as if it has already winnowed itself down to a top three.

This timeline is just so weird.

A Federal Court has ruled once again in favor of a transgender student in Virginia who was prevented from using the bathroom conforming to their gender identity.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

As was the case in June, the second night of the second Democratic debate was seen by more people than the first night.

For the second time in month, the candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination will face off in a two-night debate, so it’s as good a time as any to look at the polls.

Dozens of well-off students from the Chicago area are getting college subsidies.