Outside the Beltway

A right-wing militia’s hairbrained scheme to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer has been foiled.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The two oldest major party nominees in American history are not inspiring great confidence.

Sloppy thinking by those who object to vote-by-mail.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

The President has hit rock bottom.

We were much slower and have higher non-conformity than countries that have it under control.

The latest Morning Consult numbers are more bad news for Trump.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

Online instruction is an inferior product. But it’s more expensive to deliver.

More dominoes are falling. They won’t be the last.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

Are Republicans eschewing absentee voting?

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

Joementum.

Something significant was going to happen to Tulsa. Who could have predicted a genre shift?

We’re unlikely to know who wins the November elections right away.

Because sometimes a comment starts to become a post.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

We won’t have whatshisname to kick around any more.

The Tara Reade allegations haven’t hurt the presumptive nominee with the party.

The erstwhile Tea Party Republican is making a run for President.

Thoughts on Biden’s low profile and Trump’s daily exposure.

Things are not looking good.

Especially for Joe Biden.

Sigh.

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.

This isn’t what leadership looks like.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The race is over but Bernie’s still running.

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

Maybe it’s time to stop joking about senile politicians and do something about the issue.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

Anti-Biden ads using the former President’s words are being aimed at black voters.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

Lack of control of label is lack of control, ultimately, of a party.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Last night, Trump decided it would be a good idea to attack a dead Congressman and his widow.