Outside the Beltway

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

It’s still early in the 2020 cycle, but Democratic candidate are finding rally attendees focused on one thing. Beating Donald Trump.

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

Labor law has not kept up with our changing economy.

Patrick Caddell, who helped Jimmy Carter win the Democratic nomination and White House in 1976, has died at the age of 68.

The President is an ignoramus and a blowhard and a petulant child but he’s operating within the Constitutional limits of his office.

Tulsi Gabbard was born in American Samoa, an American territory whose residents are generally not American citizens from birth. However, she is nonetheless a “natural born citizen.”

Don’t expect the Congress (i.e., the Senate) to pull us out of this shutdown mess.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

Current attempts to take power away from the state executive branch illustrates a lot of what I have been writing about for years.

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

Partisan officials should not be in charge of state election processes, much less their own.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Kevin Drum makes an important point.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

Max Boot proclaims “Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud.”

The Strzok hearing provides a return to this timeworn favorite.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

CNN reports that the Interior Secretary, who claims to be a “geologist,” merely has a geology degree.

The idea that individuals have different “learning styles” is apparently not borne out by the evidence, according to recent research.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

Dan Drezner notes some challenges on this topic, and I add some of my own thoughts.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

While the glass ceiling in high-level posts was shattered decades ago, men still dominate the field.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

Explaining what Tuesday is likely to bring.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

More thoughts related to Gill v. Whitford and the problem of extreme gerrymandering.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

Some thoughts on presidential interruptions.

President Trump’s speech on Islam was a change of tone. However, as critics noted, it was short on substance and is unlikely to accomplish anything.

DeVos plays to the CPAC crowd, but insults higher education.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

The number of faithless electors was both historical and trivial.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

In which I use a lot of words to say hello.

On Tuesday night the Establishment won and won yuge. (From new OTB contributor, Michael Bailey)

Early voting is favoring Democrats in a wide variety of swing states.

Her numbers are steady; he’s reclaiming Republican voters.