Outside the Beltway

Plus I indulge in a little political fantasizing.

Even as a lame duck, he still holds domination over the party.

A desperate but plausible gambit made necessary by a flawed system.

Fighting autocracy with autocracy.

And what it means for 2024 and beyond.

Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore?

Looking at the US South.

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

The skews may offset.

He was looking for a vote to steal.

Does it really all come down to Pennsylvania?

An FNC report on the Alaska House race is a mess.

The Democratic gadfly is performatively ‘leaving’ the party.

Gregg Abbott is now defying the U.S. Supreme Court, forcing a showdown.

A likely lost seat for Democrats in 2024.

He’s getting what he wants.

The Electoral College is holding a nation of millions back.

Separating rhetoric from action.

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

A MAGA challenger has already emerged for 2024.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

No one should draw conclusions about RCV from the AK special election.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

At least not right away. But it’s quite possible by 2040.

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Neither the Democrats nor the Republicans truly represent most Americans. Fixing that is exceedingly unlikely.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Is the stalwart of Senate bipartisanship interested in governing?

Politicians controlling lines control voters (instead of voters controlling politicians).

Cases per state adjusted for population.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

It’s time for our political leaders to grow a spine.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

How the West Virginia Democrat came to vote for the stimulus bill.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

Let’s just say Rasmussen is an extreme outlier.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

The latest Morning Consult numbers are more bad news for Trump.

The trend line shifted this week.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.