Outside the Beltway

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

Because of course it was.

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Apparently, getting her elected President is not a high enough priority in the Biden White House.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

Several stories for your consumption.

Why products are still hard to find and prices are so high.

Rural-urban is now a bigger divide than North-South.

The combination of incompetence and a new system have the mayoral race in turmoil.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

Republicans who admit Joe Biden won the election fair and square are being driven from the party.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

The fixes worsen the stated problem (more on Iowa and other states’ attempts to restrict voting).

Making it harder to vote in Iowa.

The annual gathering showed us what the Republican Party would become years ago.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Too little, too late.

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

That which worked for petty business disputes was never going to work on this big of a stage.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

A myriad of possible explanations.

The slow Alaska count came out as expected.

A One Act Play

It’s getting worse, not better.

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

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Predicting a Biden wave.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

When early voting meets tragedy.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

Up is down. Down is up.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

A Senate GOP report doesn’t find anything new.

Injecting data into the conversation.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.