Outside the Beltway

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

Donald Trump is apparently having money troubles.

It’s not going to happen.

Donald Trump has announced that he would not be self-funding the General Election campaign. That’s probably because he really couldn’t afford to do so.

With Donald Trump now destined to become the GOP nominee, some Republican insiders are trying to put together another ‘too little, too late’ strategy to stop him.

With the field before him now clear, Donald Trump is now assured to win the Republican Presidential Nomination. After that, though, his plans don’t seem to make a lot of sense.

A first look at the Electoral College paints a very grim picture for Donald Trump and the GOP.

Answering a question that gets a lot.

Bill Kristol is continuing the #NeverTrump fight to its logical next step, trying to find a more mainstream Republican to run as an independent in the fall.

Paul Ryan is declining to back Donald Trump for the time being, but other Republicans are making their own choices.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich have come up with yet another plan to stop Donald Trump.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

Donald Trump is complaining about a ‘rigged’ delegate selection process, but the truth is that the fault lies with only one person, Donald Trump.

Paul Ryan takes himself out of contention as a potential Republican nominee.

Nebraska legislators are talking about abandoning their somewhat unique method of allocating Electoral College votes.

With the Republican nomination fight down to two incredibly unappealing candidates, some Republican insiders are talking about looking elsewhere for a nominee.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

Is Ted Cruz really the only alternative to Donald Trump?

Ohio Governor John Kasich cannot win a majority of delegates at this point, but he’s still resisting calls to drop out of the race.

One week after Marco Rubio left the race, Donald Trump’s hold on the lead in the GOP Presidential race seems as solid as ever.

Donald Trump and Ted Cruz split the wins on ‘Super Saturday,’ while Marco Rubio and John Kasich continue to struggle for relevance in the 2016 race.

The effort to stop Donald Trump seems likely to set off a civil war inside the Republican Party.

It seems increasingly apparent that the only way to stop Donald Trump now is by trying to force a contested convention. It also seems clear that such a plan probably wouldn’t succeed.

With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.

Mitt Romney came out with a blistering speech denouncing Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to have much of an impact on the race.

Ronald Reagan famously claimed, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” I’m going through the process in reverse.

Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.

A month after raising $6,000,000 for “the troops,,” questions are being asked about where the money Donald Trump raised for veterans causes actually is at this point.

It’s Super Tuesday, and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to go a long way toward securing the nominations of their respective parties.

All of which leads to a discussion of electoral rules.

A new poll shows Donald Trump with historically low support for a Republican from Latino voters. That’s a recipe for electoral disaster.

This year’s Nevada Caucuses are a good argument for why there should not be any more caucuses.

Donald Trump won his third contest in a row in Nevada, putting him one step closer to inevitability.

Tonight’s Nevada Caucuses could be as chaotic as the floor of a Vegas casino, but Donald Trump seems to be in position to score another win.

For now at least, the Bush Dynasty has seen the end of its involvement in national politics.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling today for votes in a caucus whose outcome could go either way.

More likely than not, South Carolina marks the end of the road for Jeb Bush’s bid for the Presidency.

Republicans are putting much on the line in their refusal to consider any Supreme Court nomination from President Obama.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is officially dropping out of the race for President.

Donald Trump is back on top, but the field below him remains as confused as ever.

Reports of discrepancies in the counting of ballots in the Democratic Caucus in Iowa reveal yet again why the caucus process is outdated and ought to be abandoned.

Six months ago, there were seventeen candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination. Now, the race is effectively down to three candidates.

The final Des Moines Register poll before Caucus Night shows Donald Trump leading the GOP field, and Hillary Clinton with a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders, but much of the final outcome will depend on who shows up for the respective party caucuses.

With less than a week to go before voting starts, Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP race, with Ted Cruz the only candidate even close to looking like a viable challenger.