Outside the Beltway

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

His former National Security Advisor is not impressed.

A surreal Democratic National Convention.

A development as shocking as it was inevitable.

A relatively strong performance doesn’t change the narrative.

The President is going all-in to undo the damage from the debate.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

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

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

With record-low poll numbers, the grass roots wants someone new on the ticket next time.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

He’s underwater and not going to take it anymore.

Has a franchise that’s always been political gone too far?

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

Hillary Clinton edition.

Will America re-elect an 82-year-old to the White House?

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

President Biden told a little fib.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

The iconic Supreme Court justice has died at the age of 87.

If the Democrats win back the White House in November, it’ll be no thanks to men.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

A binary choice will produce a worse outcome than necessary.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

As he reaches his 1,000th day in office, Trump’s lies pile up at an astronomical rate.

Obvious advice is obvious.

Donald Trump lies with the ease that the rest of us tie our shoes. Will that fact have an impact on voters?

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

The esteemed biographer on his process.

The 83-year-old is taking time off finishing his LBJ quintilogy to write his memoirs. Is that selfish?

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.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

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

Nancy Pelosi is “suggesting” to the President that the State of the Union be rescheduled for a time after the government shutdown ends, but it clearly seems like more than just a suggestion.

RIP, Dolly.

Once again, Republicans in California find themselves looking up and seeing a lot of desolation. They need to find a way to bounce back.

It would be a rather quixotic effort, but Jeff Flake isn’t ruling out challenging the President for the Republican nomination in 2020.

Today in bad columns.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

Beto O’Rourke isn’t eager to get Barack Obama’s endorsement, but there’s a good reason why.

A new poll shows Ted Cruz in a much tighter than expected race for re-election, but it’s going to take more to consider Texas a state that Democrats could pick up in the fall.

The Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke is looking close, but Democrats should not hold out much hope of flipping this seat.

A new poll indicates that Texas Senator Ted Cruz isn’t as vulnerable as previously thought, and reminds us that Texas is still a very red state.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.