Outside the Beltway

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

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

There was some quiet meddling going on.

How much is enough?

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

A loudmouth III%er cried like a baby during his sentencing.

Has the frustrating process of securing his vote taught Democrats anything?

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

Calling it a “deal” is vastly over-selling it.

The Silents and Boomers have been in charge too long.

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

Is harassing judges, mayors, Senators, and the like in their private lives just free speech?

A illustration from the Senate race in Georgia.

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

Do you believe in miracles?

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.

Better than nothing, but still not enough.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Some pundits have high standards.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

It’s not compelling.

The longtime Senator and Vice Presidential and Presidential nominee is gone at 98.

Every now and again, it’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault.

Politicians gonna politician, but still…

This man is the face of the post-Trump party.

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

The liberal media is giving all their attention to the tax and spend Democrats!

It does not create better deliberation.

The internecine fight over the budget is coming to a head.

The Catch-22 of passing a massive spending bill in an undemocratic system.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

He beats the alternative.

The President hit all the right notes.

More in a series of ongoing observations about the GOP primaries.