Outside the Beltway

To the surprise of nobody who was actually paying attention to political reality, Vice-President Biden announced today that he will not be a candidate for President.

For much of the summer, the story of the Democratic race for President was the story of Hillary Clinton’s seemingly endless problems. Those days seem long gone if the latest polls are any indication.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden may or may not be close to a decision about running for President, and he may or may not be running.

Donald Trump and Ben Carson are still the top two candidates in the GOP race, while Chris Christie and John Kasich appear to be in danger of being relegated to the “KIds Table” debate at the end of the month.

In addition to doing everything she needed to do last night, Hillary Clinton also destroyed whatever logic remained for a Joe Biden candidacy.

With the first Democratic Presidential Debate just hours away, Hillary Clinton got some good polling news from Fox News Channel.

Obama’s first Secretary of State has come out against Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership.

With time running out for him to make a decision, a new report shows how deeply Vice President Biden has been in stirring up the speculation that is now surrounding him.

In the wake of yesterday’s shootings in Oregon, President Obama took the airwaves to offer the same empty rhetoric he has on this issue in the past, and to make the false claim that there are simple solutions to what is a very complex problem.

Vice-President Biden will apparently not be at the first Democratic debate, which may be yet another sign that he’s not running for President.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus suggested that Iowa and New Hampshire shouldn’t get used to their place at the top of the primary calendar. He’s right, but fixing the crazy system that put them there isn’t going to be easy.

Vice-President Biden continues to rise in the polls even though he has yet to actually enter the race for President.

The pressure on Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz to expand the 2016 debate schedule is increasing.

Hillary Clinton seems to be bouncing back from recent troubles in the latest national poll, but Vice-President Biden is starting to rise in the polls before even getting in the race.

Time is running out for Joe Biden to make a decision about running for President, and it’s still not clear what he’ll do.

Contrary to his claims, Donald Trump would not win the Latino vote if he were the nominee. In fact, it looks like he’d end up doing much, much worse.

Vice-President Biden dropped another hint that suggests he might not be up to running for President.

Bernie Sanders has jumped ahead of Hillary Clinton in the Hawkeye State.

Bernie Sanders continues to cause Hillary Clinton problems, and Joe Biden could cause more if he enters the race.

In a speech in Florida, Joe Biden spoke about his possible run for the White House, and gave a very big hint that he’s leaning toward staying out of the race.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders gaining traction outside of New Hampshire for the first time.

Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.

Another poll shows Bernie Sanders doing will in New Hampshire, but there’s no evidence he’s catching on anywhere else in the country.

Joe Biden may want to run for President, but does anyone else? It doesn’t really seem like it.

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

If we are gong to assess the significance of Trump, we need to pay attention to the numbers.

The reports about Vice-President Biden possibly entering the Presidential race continue to persist.

Top Democratic donors don’t really seem very eager for Vice-President Biden to enter the race for President.

The POLITICO gang report that a “Joe Biden strategy for [a] White House run [is] taking shape.”

The buffoonish billionaire is tapping into something real.

A new poll shows Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton, but within the margin of error, in New Hampshire. But a deeper examination suggests that Bernie-mentum is a mile wide and an inch deep.

Based on a recent poll, it doesn’t appear that Democrats are all that eager for Vice-President Biden to challenge Hillary Clinton.

Last night reinforced what I thought about some candidates and changed what I think about others.

Reports are saying that Joe Biden is taking another look at running for the Democratic nomination for President. But would he really do it?

Polling in three battleground states shows Hillary Clinton slightly trailing three top Republicans, but it means far less than you might think.

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

In the end, the odds that Congress can actually stop the new deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program are pretty low.

As much as I wish it were otherwise, Iowa and New Hampshire are not losing their influence over the Presidential primary process.

In an era of incredibly polarized politics and 24/7/365 campaign mode, it’s refreshing to see politicians treat each other as human beings now and again.

He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Andrew Sullivan, perhaps the man most responsible for putting the notion of marriage equality into the national debate, has come out of his blogging retirement to weigh in on yesterday’s historic ruling.

Bernie Sanders is closing in the polls, but it still seems as though it doesn’t mean as much as some political pundits will try to tell you it does.

Beau Biden, the former attorney general of Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, has died of brain cancer at the age of 46.

The press corps is already bored.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

Seventy years ago, Harry Truman became President in the final months of a war. He wasn’t prepared for it, but most Vice-President’s after him have been.

Hillary Clinton continues to look more inevitable by the day, but Joe Biden doesn’t want to go away just yet.

Two weeks after the email story broke, there’s no sign that Hillary Clinton is losing ground in the 2016 race.