Outside the Beltway

The polls are showing a really weird dynamic.

A different take on our political realignment.

The 45th President and the press, part a million.

Alan Dershowitz is trying to make up his mind.

We live in interesting times.

Trumps undercuts current messaging & brings up past military service controversies

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

Are we betraying the Founders?

Suddenly, old voters are aligning Democrat and young ones Republican.

The rule of law is under seige.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

It’s easy if you try.

Republicans want him but do they really, really want him?

A powerful voice in Black media is a thorn in the administration’s side.

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

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

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

The trial judge had a conflict of interest.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

A modest regulatory change may have a big impact.

What to make of her second straight loss?

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The first shoe has dropped.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Continuing and expanding on thoughts from the previous post.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Another R/D cleavage?

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

The 94-year-old legend is finally getting his due.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

The lack of common understandings and shared assumptions makes political conversations challenging.

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

Most Americans have never even heard of it.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

A One Act Play

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

An unconvincing attack on the Democratic position.