Outside the Beltway

The number of faithless electors was both historical and trivial.

In the wake of the Democratic victory in the North Carolina Governor’s race, the Republican-controlled legislature has stripped the Governor’s office of significant power.

These are the possible outcomes (both probable and improbable).

Republicans sure have changed their mind about Vladimir Putin.

New information raises serious questions about the integrity of the 2016 elections, and about Donald Trump and his supporters.

Political upheaval for an important Asian ally.

Another day, another EC fantasy,

An odd choice for HUD Secretary.

Donald Trump says he will ‘leave his business,’ but is providing very few details and continuing to leave the impression that he will enter office with more conflicts of interest than any previous President in American history.

The players are almost completely set for France’s 2017 Presidential elections, and the choice seems likely to come down to center-right candidate Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, France’s Donald Trump.

Debunked!

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

No, the EC is not going to elect Clinton.

Democracy produces good rulers, right?  Sometimes.  What good democracies actually produce best is good losers. Let us then be grateful for gracious losers, for our losers no less than our winners carry forward the American experiment in self-rule.  

Most Americans wish Donald Trump would stop tweeting. Good luck with that.

The incoming president’s business interests are a yuuuge problem.

If one believes the electoral college is awesome, one cannot make an argument from the position of “the wisdom of the Founders” nor from a viewpoint based on original intent.

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

Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. But that’s not the standard.

Reports of the demise of the Democratic Party have been greatly exaggerated.

The President-elect lost the popular vote. Legally, that is the way that is it. This is a disgrace for “the Greatest Democracy in the World.”

No, the Clinton dynasty isn’t dead just yet.

Despite resentments, power will transition peacefully from President Obama to President Trump. We should be thankful for that rather than protesting it.

Did Richard Nixon have knowledge of the future?

Americans are rioting in the streets because they don’t like the outcome of a democratic election.

The candidate I voted for got more than 200,000 votes for president than the winner. I’m okay with that.

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

Another month of resilient, but not noteworthy, jobs growth.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

Get ready for more hearings if Hillary Clinton becomes President.

Clinton is getting no special treatment by the standards of her high-powered peers.

The personal, the political, and the Foundation are so intertwined as to be one enterprise.

Republican candidates for the Senate and House are campaigning on the argument that they will be a bulwark against a Clinton Presidency.

Has any major party nominee for president ever damaged his reputation in this manner?

Donald Trump is losing something much more important to him that an election.

For better or worse, the third Presidential debate will largely be remembered for one thing.

Candidate trumps party in a presidential system.

Nothing that happens tonight during the Vice-Presidential debate is likely to matter, so feel free to skip it.

The Republican nominee is threatening our fragile democracy.

The reputation of the US matters in global affairs.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

North Korea conducts yet another nuclear weapons test, and it’s unclear what anyone can do to stop them.