Outside the Beltway

Washington said farewell to George H.W. Bush today in a service that both remembered his spirit and his heroism, and stands as a sharp rebuke to what politics has been reduced to in America today.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin are responding to their party’s losses at the Gubernatorial level by attempting to restrict the powers of the incoming Democratic Governor.

Even as its leader continues to deny the reality of Global Climate Change, the Trump Administration has released an utterly devastating report on the impact of such change over the course of the coming decades.

Some examples from 2018 of the problems with single seat districts.

The current economic recovery is nearly ten years old. It isn’t going to last forever, though, and that could pose a problem for the GOP in 2020.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Once again, Republicans in California find themselves looking up and seeing a lot of desolation. They need to find a way to bounce back.

Another part of the country that was once a Republican stronghold is now almost completely blue.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

The economy may be doing well, but that didn’t help Republicans in the midterms.

Losing the midterms is not going over well with the President.

With their House majority secure, Democrats must now select their leadership team for the next two years. It’s not going smoothly.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is apparently considering running for President.

Amazon has reportedly decided to split its second headquarters between an already urbanized area of Northern Virginia and the outer boroughs of New York City.

Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.

Democratic pickups in several state legislatures could impact redistricting after the 2020 Census.

Florida has begun the recount process in both the Senate and Governor’s races. Where it goes from here is anyone’s guess.

President Trump has fired his Attorney General, a move than many are interpreting as the precursor to a move against Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

With most forecasts assuming that Republicans will at least lose control of the House, the odds are that the GOP will react to that by moving further to the right.

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

The GOP is likely to lose control of the House of Representatives tomorrow, but could this actually help Trump?

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

National Republicans are worried that the President’s concentration on hot-button issues could end up backfiring. They should be.

Congressman Steve King’s anti-immigrant, xenophobic rhetoric hasn’t bothered his constituents for twenty years, but he suddenly finds himself the focus of controversy and possibly vulnerable. It couldn’t happen to a more well-deserving guy.

As the midterm campaign draws to a close, Donald Trump is returning to the message of xenophobia and fear that dominated his Presidential campaign.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

With four weeks to go until Election Day, Donald Trump and the Republicans are continuing to stoke the divisions laid bare by the Kavanaugh nomination.

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

After roughly a week of staying silent, President Trump decided last night to openly mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

An ugly day for the United States Senate and the United States of America.

In what appears to be a first, Judge Brett Kavanaugh took to the media to defend his nomination. Not surprisingly, he chose a friendly venue.

A new Gallup poll gives the GOP its highest favorability in years.

Why a much-cited analogy in the Brett Kavanaugh controversy is problematic.

Based on their own rhetoric, it seems clear that Republicans don’t really care what Christine Blasey Ford has to say regarding what happened to her in 1982.

A new report from The New York Times is likely to cause President Trump’s war on the Justice Department to heat up.

Trumpism is a direct by-product of the poisonous populism of the Tea Party movement, and they’ve both taken over the Republican Party.

While one must give the benefit of the doubt to Ted Cruz, the Senate race in Texas is getting very interesting.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.

A new round of Congressional Ballot polls seems to put Democrats in a strong position for the ‘blue wave’ they’ve been hoping for all year.

Former President Bush has waded back into politics but don’t expect him to be campaigning for Ted Cruz.

Ohio billionaire Les Wexner was a top Republican donor and fundraiser in Ohio, but not anymore.

Former President Jimmy Carter is warning his party against drifting too far left as we head into the midterms and, beyond that, the 2020 campaign cycle.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.