Outside the Beltway

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

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

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

The Veepstakes continues.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.