Outside the Beltway

Further musings on the future of the Grand Old Party.

The party is unlikely to suffer consequences for its anti-democracy actions.

That which worked for petty business disputes was never going to work on this big of a stage.

That’s unpossible!

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

He seems to have taken his ball and gone home.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

A tale so bizarre it is hard to believe it is real.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

Governing without Congress has its price.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We have a President-Elect.

The early reaction was premature.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Same endless song, different verse.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

A clever political gambit that raises real issues.

Kamala Harris wins by not losing.

A truly chaotic combination.

A pandemic and a government populated with people in their 70s and 80s.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

The President is deeply leveraged with no escape in sight.

A Senate GOP report doesn’t find anything new.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Two related discussions.

A defense of the indefensible.

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

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The President admits that he intentionally downplayed the threat posed by the epidemic.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

New numbers show more consistency.

Trump is less popular with the troops that one might assume.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

The platform decision is emblematic of a Trump-led party.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

A partial response in the context of a complex topic.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

Ok, so what should change?

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

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

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?