Outside the Beltway

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

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

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

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

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

With an eye on the trade war and the 2020 election, President Trump is increasing subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol.

I was a guest on the Challenging Opinions podcast.

The time for coddling the candidates polling below 5% is over.

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

New York City’s Mayor ends a campaign that was going nowhere.

Is social media making it harder for Democrats to nominate a winning candidate?

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

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.

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

A new poll shows Joe Biden dropping significantly among national Democrats to the point where he is effectively tied with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Future debates among the 2020 Democratic candidates are likely to have fewer participants. That’s a good thing.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for President is going nowhere fast and he has only a small amount of time to stop the slide.

A silly story for the silly season.

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are up, and Bernie Sanders is down, in the first state-level poll since the debates.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

The first Democratic debate drew record numbers on both nights.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

For 2020, Kansas Democrats are making some interesting changes to how they will have a say in he race for the Democratic nomination.

A quadrennial reminder.

The latest iteration of a benchmark Iowa poll shows Joe Biden leading, with Bernie Sanders sinking and looking at several candidates closing in on him.

Two weeks into his campaign, Joe Biden continues to build an impressive lead in polling at the state and national levels.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue political movement is arguing in favor of independent election of Vice-Presidents.

Another post-announcement poll brings good news for the former Vice-President, but there’s a long way to go.

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

The President has tied his all-time low in one prominent poll.

Steve King, who has recently come under attack for a long history of racist remarks, is facing a strong challenge for the GOP nomination in 2020.

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

Beto O’Rourke hasn’t officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s certainly sending all the signals you’d expect from a Presidential candidate.

Donald Trump’s former lawyer begins three days of testimony before Congress today. By the time he’s done, he could end up doing real damage to the Trump Presidency.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

While much of the attention in the race for the Democratic nomination to date has been on the left, there is a path forward for a more centrist candidate.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.

California is set up throw a huge curve ball into the 2020 Presidential nomination fight.

Faced with the prospect of a large field like the one Republicans had in 2016, Democrats are trying to figure out how to handle debates. So far, the ideas being put forward are as bad as what the GOP ended up doing.

Tennessee will have an open Senate seat in 2020 thanks to Lamar Alexander’s decision to retire at the end of his current term.

Former Vice-President Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are, not surprisingly, leading the early polls for the 2020 Democratic nomination.