Outside the Beltway

The party’s 2012 nominee is an indicator of how fall it has fallen.

The rare case where a clickbait headline is actually appropriate.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

A satisfying but unlikely explanation.

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

Oh, the irony.

It’s not nearly as far-fetched as most of us would like to believe.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

Don’t blame the primary author of The Federalist for our current mess.

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

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

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

A revealing comparison of Republican districts that deny and don’t deny the 2020 outcome.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

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

Ezra Klein discusses the dynamics of American conservatism in historical perspective. Plus, he helps illustrate a key problem that we have in thinking about American politics (IMHO).