Outside the Beltway

Gaming the appointment process.

Who could have seen this coming?

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

Are they bored? Delusional?

Virginia’s governor is reportedly taking a shot at the 2024 Republican nomination.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

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

The market for competent centrists.

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

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

A man who claims he was going to kill the Supreme Court Justice is in jail.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

Yet another case where good politics yields bad policy.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

Two popular Republican governors have declined a chance to join the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

That didn’t take long.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A quick lesson about American parties.

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

The list is small but growing.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

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

The Republicans are playing a different game.

Former Republican Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is running for President.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

Former South Carolina Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford is reportedly considering an intra-party challenge to President Trump

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

After disappearing from public view for an extended period of time, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned yesterday amid an unfolding corruption scandal.

This is my shocked face.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

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.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

Looking ahead, the political landscape does not look well for the President.

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

The economy may be doing well, but that didn’t help Republicans in the midterms.

In addition to winning back the House, Democrats also made gains in Governor’s races.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.