Outside the Beltway

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

Hammerin’ Hank is gone.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

The Crimson Tide’s best season is one that shouldn’t have been played.

There are multiple ongoing plots and reasonable fear of infiltration of security forces.

The President who promised to “Make America Great Again” has made her a laughingstock. And worse.

The best two teams in college football play for it all amid some controversy.

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Granted, there are more than two. But from a political science/political history POV, these two stick out in my mind.

More packages are being mailed than ever and USPS can’t keep up.

Who ya got?

Too little, too late.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Another sign of the dissent of the GOP into madness.

Arguments and analyses that are, well, turkeys.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

A myriad of possible explanations.

The list is small but growing.

The President’s claims have no merit.

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

A mind-boggling statistic.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

Who’s to blame for the Blue Wave not materializing?

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Predicting a Biden wave.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

When early voting meets tragedy.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Up is down. Down is up.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

COVID has given us a surreal calendar.

One man’s fecklessness has gotten untold people sick.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

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

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

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

The President has hit rock bottom.

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

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.

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

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

Joementum.