Outside the Beltway

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

They have a preference but may not vote.

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

Biden is old and in diminished capacity. His opponent is old, in diminished capacity, and a horrible human being.

Weak and presidentialized.

More post-debate thoughts and a reminder about how US parties work.

Fund-raising alone won’t save American democracy.

A second Trump presidency got much more likely last night.

The fine line between xenophobia and patriotism.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

When checks and balances aren’t enough.

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

They’ve punted to the DC Circuit.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

Sorry, Senator Rubio.

Most no longer believe it’s possible to get ahead through hard work.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

The Arizona gubernatorial loser is back to lose the Senate.

Some people say there’s a reporter to blame.

The game is the game.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

Calling out a large chunk of the GOP.

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

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

Say it ain’t so!

The North Dakota governor really, really wants to be on TV.

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

Ends up that some mature democracies believe in letting legitimate legal proceedings to, well, proceed.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

Corruption charges against the former premier have sparked rioting.

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

The fired propagandist has had an epiphany about bullshit.

We’re getting weird policies almost nobody is asking for.

A clear example from North Carolina.

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

The primary calendar debate shows, yet again, that parties don’t fully control candidate selection.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

Because of course she is.

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

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

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

Parsing the results thus far.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

Hope is not a COA.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

He met with people. And, get this, with his father!