Outside the Beltway

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

Congressman Seth Moulton of Massachusetts is the latest Democrat to enter an already crowded field.

As Democrats at the state level seek to limit the ability of parents to decline to vaccinate their children. they are facing resistance from Republican colleagues.

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

US higher education is made up of far more than just the Ivies and other elite schools.

Trump and company have a cartoonish view of immigration policy.

As many states contemplate restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their sentence, a leading Democrat wants to go further.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

What would it mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?

A racist scholar took some fascinating photos of an enslaved man in 1860. Now, his descendants want the rights to them.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.

Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton makes an argument familiar to OTB readers.

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

For the fourth time since the 2008 election cycle, Michael Bloomberg flirted with the idea of running for President. For the fourth time, he declined to do so.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the latest entrant into an already crowded Democratic field.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

The populist Democrat won’t be hosting fundraising dinners. Until the general election campaign, at least.

Gun laws requiring guns to be taken away from convicted felons are either being ignored or have too many loopholes. We need to fix that.

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

At this early stage of the Democratic race, it doesn’t appear that voters care very much about the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

The ignominious saga of Anthony Weiner appears to have reached its end.

Faced with a field that could be more crowded than the Republican field in 2016, Democrats have come up with a different solution to the rather obvious problem of debate scheduling.

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.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest entrant into an already crowded field for the Democratic nomination.

Another Friday, another political mess for the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Elizabeth Warren still hasn’t figured out how to put the ‘Native American’ issue behind her.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

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.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

While much of the attention in the race for the Democratic nomination to date has been on the left, there is a path forward for a more centrist candidate.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

As expected. California Senator Kamala Harris has entered the race for President.

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

President Trump responded to the suggestion that the State of the Union be rescheduled by revoking military transportation for a Congressional trip to visit troops in Afghanistan.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is the latest Democratic entrant into the 2020 race for President.

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden will reportedly decide on whether or not he’ll be entering the race for President in the near future.

In his annual message, Kim Jong Un sent a message to President Trump on denuclearization and the future of the Korean Peninsula.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.

Congress will not be returning to Washington until some time next week. Thus guaranteeing that this shutdown will last at least through January 3rd.

New York State seems likely to join the list of states where marijuana has been legalized sometime next year.

Former Vice-President Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are, not surprisingly, leading the early polls for the 2020 Democratic nomination.