Outside the Beltway

Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.

National Republicans are increasingly concerned that an upstart, racist candidate who has unleashed personal attacks on Mitch McConnell’s family will sneak through and win tomorrow’s primary to decide who will face Joe Manchin in November.

Failed Senate candidate Roy Moore is suing several of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct during last year’s campaign.

Supporters of Roy Moore tried to bribe the attorney for a woman accusing the former Senate candidate of sexual assault when she was just fourteen years old into repudiating his client.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

Individual races are idiosyncratic. But there are nonetheless some lessons here.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

The legal distinction between “personal capacity” and “official capacity” makes no sense for senior presidential appointees.

What is CPAC telling us about the contemporary conservative movement?

Whether it’s the abuse angle or the more serious issue of security clearances, the White House still can’t get the story straight on the Rob Porter case.

Women voters are turning decidedly against Donald Trump, this could pose problems for Republican in 2018 and beyond.

President Trump spoke up about the spousal abuse charges against his former Staff Secretary Rob Porter. His response was entirely predictable.

The Rob Porter story, which is quickly becoming the Rob Porter scandal, tells us a lot about the Trump White House, and none of it is good.

Will Joe Arpaio cause the GOP to lose an otherwise winnable Senate race?

This is not unreasonable.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

Roy Moore continues to think that he is special.

Roy Moore isn’t giving up, but he can’t stop the inevitable.

Some Democratic Senators are suggesting that Al Franken should reconsider his decision to resign from the Senate.

Let’s not forget how unique the Moore-Jones contest was.

As he nears the one-year anniversary of his Inauguration, President Trump is getting increasingly bad reviews from the public.

Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama is bringing out into the open a civil war that has been going on for seven years now.

House and Senate Republicans say they have reached agreement on a final tax bill, and Democrats are engaging in an effort to delay a vote in the Senate until Doug Jones can be seated.

In what amounts to an electoral perfect storm, Democratic nominee Doug Jones pulled off a win last night in the Alabama Senate Election.

There are no good outcomes for the GOP in Alabama.

A top Republican political analyst is warning that a Roy Moore victory in Alabama could pose real problems for Republicans in 2018. If it does, they’ll have nobody to blame but themselves.

Polling remains uncertain in the Alabama Senate race, but the odds favor Roy Moore.

Donald Trump spends an inordinate amount of time watching television and regurgitating what he sees on Twitter. That’s not healthy.

Explaining what Tuesday is likely to bring.

Another one bites the dust.

Roy Moore wishes he was back in the days of cotton when families were close and African-Americans were enslaved.

A fitting honor for women who have brought to light an issue that was swept under the rug for far too long.

A seventh woman has come forward to accuse Senator Al Franken of having groped her as calls mount from his Democratic colleagues for him to resign.

The longest-serving member of the House has retired amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

President Trump has formally endorsed an accused child molester for the United States Senate.

As I’ve said before, the Republican Party in the Trump Era has become the party of Trumpaloons, sycophants, sellouts, and cowards.

With ten days to go, the Senate race in Alabama between Roy Moore and Doug Jones is close.

The latest domino to fall in the ongoing wave of sexual harassment and abuse revelations is Matt Lauer.

The Washington Post exposes another James O’Keefe fraud.

More troubles for Minnesota Senator Al Franken.

President Trump put his thumb on the scale for Roy Moore, ignoring the allegations of harassment and sexual abuse that have been made against the candidate.

Voters rank factors before choosing how to vote.

This continues to be a highly credible story, and Moore himself has helped that credibility.