Outside the Beltway

The market for competent centrists.

The Marine and Air Force chiefs appear to be the top candidates.

My (apparently) annual reflections on “The content of their character” day

One of these is not like the other.

Ezra Klein has some thought on the Republican Party.

A second stash has led to a special counsel and political embarrassment.

The race is on before the 89-year-old has announced her intentions.

A brilliant journalist is gone at 44.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

As I have noted before: he betrayed his oath.

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

The January 6 Committee recommends invoking the Insurrection Clause.

The past just won’t let him be.

His businesses make and lose a lot of money.

I went down the rabbit hole a tad…

House Democrats are releasing them because they can.

Is this how the cult ends?

The years-long NYC investigation finally bears some fruit.

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

What to make of her second straight loss?

Looking at past Senate elections and some more thoughts on historical patterns.

Looking at some historical data.

The numbers aren’t real. Not yet, anyway.

A low bar has been cleared.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

President Biden is being pressured to face the music after the midterms.

The Justice Department is looking to inoculate itself against charges of partisanship.

What should be the bar? Can it ever be reached?

The President flubbed a softball question. Oh noes!

The race is returning to expectation.

Three-and-a-half years and almost 6 million tax dollars have produced nothing.

A dramatic if likely symbolic move.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

Makin’ his way the only way he knows how, that’s just a little bit more than the law will allow.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

I warned you all, my predictions are notoriously wrong.

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

Why would the Trump team release a document that casts them in such a bad light?

Thoughts on the scenarios.

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

“Declassification, even by the President, must follow established procedures.” (Trump Administration 2018)

While enormous, the commander-in-chief’s control over state secrets is not absolute.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Some quick hits.

It’s complicated, hard to prove, and politically fraught.