Outside the Beltway

It’s been a rough two years under Trump, but America’s institutions are surviving.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Patrick Caddell, who helped Jimmy Carter win the Democratic nomination and White House in 1976, has died at the age of 68.

The former #2 official at the FBI is trying to sell a book.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

As the shutdown continues, the President’s political position is becoming weaker. He doesn’t seem to care, though.

New polling data indicates that Americans are more pessimistic about the future of the Trump Presidency. That’s not good news for him, or for Republicans.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

Despite their rhetoric, Republicans in Congress have shown through their own inaction that they don’t really support the President’s border wall.

Honoring the 41st President cast a poor light on the 45th.

President Trump’s latest attack on the Federal Judiciary prompted a rare rebuke from the Chief Justice of the United States.

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

One of the last Republican strongholds in California is now completely blue.

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

With the 2020 Campaign set to begin as soon as the 2018 campaign ends, Democrats find themselves facing an age issue.

Hillary Clinton is hinting about maybe running in 2020 again. Is she serious, or is this just a publicity stunt?

We should take Congressional officers out of the line of succession.

The Twenty-Fifth Amendment has been in the news a lot lately, but what would it actually take to use it to remove a President from power?

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.

Day One of questions for Judge Brett Kavanaugh went about as you’d expect.

Donald Trump spent part of Labor Day engaged in yet another unhinged attack on his own Justice Department.

A new book by legendary Washington reporter Bob Woodward appears to contain explosive revelations about the President and the operation of the White House.

Max Boot proclaims “Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud.”

No matter how long Donald Trump remains in office, August 21, 2018 will be the day that everything changed.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

Democrats are on the verge of reducing the power of superdelegates to the point where they will essentially become meaningless in the nomination process.

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

Donald Trump continues to demonstrate that he has nothing but utter contempt for the Rule of Law. At some point, he will either be called to account for this or our nation’s institutions will suffer as a result.

Was one of the pioneering African-American entertainers a “house Negro”?

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Republicans are at least a bit more confident that they’ll hold on to the Senate this year.

Earlier this week, the Illinois legislature ratified the Equal Rights Amendment. What’s unclear is if this act has any meaning at all.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

President Trump has been tweeting up a storm since Sunday, raising a question. Should we view his Tweets as the rantings of a cranky old man, or as something more serious?

For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.

It’s been 441 days since Donald Trump held a full-fledged Presidential press conference. Does anyone care?

It’s a valid question, but one should also be careful about drawing conclusions based on how a person in Trump’s position acts.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

White House service is usually a ticket to high-paying jobs in Washington. Not so for the current administration.

Tim Pawlenty is attempting a comeback in Minnesota. It won’t be easy.

Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

POLITICO buries the lede in making the case for “Donald Trump’s bubble presidency.”

The octogenarian failed to get her party’s endorsement for a sixth term.

A Federal Court in New York City is set to hear argument tomorrow in a case that essentially argues that a large swath of Federal laws regarding marijuana are unconstitutional.

The 2008 Republican nominee for president condemned his party and its president for the release of a controversial memo attacking the FBI.

The military options thus far presented for dealing with the DPRK have not been satisfying.