Outside the Beltway

A purge of the professional staff for, well, reasons.

The politics of chaos.

More importantly, comments on challenges to incumbent presidents.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

A surpringly large number tuned in to see people who won’t be the nominee.

The Establishment is desperate for an alternative that’s not coming.

As tired as we may be of him, his nominating electorate appears ready for another round.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

The Needle is Broken

The list is small but growing.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

Primaries are not all they are cracked up to be.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

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.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

Four years ago, Donald Trump began his campaign for President. What has followed has been as bad as could have been predicted that day.

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump fears former Vice-President Joe Biden the most of all the Democrats currently running against him.

He’s tan. He’s rested. He’s ready. But is the Democratic Party going to buy what Joe Biden is selling?

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

Economic growth slowed significantly in the fourth quarter of 2018 from where it had been earlier in the year. And it’s likely to slow down even more.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

It’s far too early, but Joe Biden’s advantages in these polls of Democratic voters can’t be ignored.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

A new poll shows a decided turn toward the Democratic candidates for Governor and Senator in Florida, but it may be an outlier.

After spending most of his post-Presidency on the political sidelines, former President Bush is hitting the fundraising trail for GOP candidates in Texas and Florida.

Rick Scott is pulling in impressive fundraising numbers, giving Democrats reason to worry that they’ll have another Senate seat to worry about in November.

Mariia Butina, a Russian “gun rights activist, is accused of being an unregistered agent of the Russian government and attempting to influence Republican Party policies regarding Russia in an operation that pre-dates the Trump Presidential campaign.

A thoughtful liberal argues the Justice has “altered and destroyed his legacy” by allowing Donald Trump to appoint his successor.

A week before he turns 94, the former President is out of the hospital.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

Without mentioning his successor by name, former President Bush delivered a stinging rebuke to Trump and Trumpism.

Republicans now face a stark choice.

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

In Fox News Channel’s America, Donald Trump can do no wrong and Hillary Clinton is still a threat.

Well, at least someone has a backbone.

Donald Trump will take some time off after taking the Oath of Office.

No, the Clinton dynasty isn’t dead just yet.

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

Are these the faces of Clinton voters? George P. Bush thinks so.

News outlets are suddenly finding out that Trump was a cad in 2005. Film at 11.