Outside the Beltway

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

Columnists write bad columns apologizing for bad columns.

He failed to fulfill his oath.

Despite every precaution, the 79-year-old leader of the free world is infected.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Meeting with people who are essentially couplotters should be disqualifying.

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.

Another comment on the American presidency and its critics.

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

This will just reinforce minority rule in the US.

Shameless (but not surprising).

Basically: Trump is a liar or delusional (perhaps both?).

Are you going to believe this index or your own lyin’ eyes?

Much ado about a perfectly normal phenomenon.

A recurring genre about presidents.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

Ezra Klein discusses the dynamics of American conservatism in historical perspective. Plus, he helps illustrate a key problem that we have in thinking about American politics (IMHO).

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

The 45th President was a psychopath.

The role of American political institutions.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

Added historical context to ongoing conversations about American democracy.

A follow on from yesterday.

The incumbent should win easily but turnout is low and the consequences dire.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

They’re not missing and that points to a systemic issue

Grifting, all the way down.

No, presidentialism does not lock us into two parties.

The days of unanimous votes are long behind us.

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

We can only hope.

The Court is out of balance–and it is a design flaw.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

Some of his numbers are worse than even Donald Trump’s.

The 45th President is unlikely to face Federal prosecution but state and civil suits are not going his way.

Our system lacks accountability.

Doing the right thing on 1/6/20 doesn’t absolve him of being a key Trump enabler.

Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion. Alas.

When procedures lead to more rejected ballots and fewer voters, what else is there to call it?

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

Is the administration governing like it’s 2009?

It doesn’t add up.

Some pundits have high standards.