Outside the Beltway

Just another challenge of being a female candidate in American politics.

Unpacking J. D. Vance’s bad PR instincts

A third (and hopefully final) post on the matter.

Some additional (and longwinded) perspective.

Facts versus framing, with a little Mandela effect thrown in for good measure.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

Well, that was something.

Economic Chart Edition.

A stroll through the archives.

What to make of her second straight loss?

Every vote counted, with refreshing results.

MAGA loses again (twice)

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

More details from the Alaska special election.

A Democrat will hold the seat until January at least.

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Could Alaska point the way to a solution?

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

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

And other tales from the AK special election.

She is running to finish out Don Young’s term in Congress.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

Another R/D cleavage?

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

Most Americans have never even heard of it.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

The GOP, alas, is not going anywhere.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

Rethinking what qualities we should be looking for in Supreme Court Justices.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

The time for sitting on the sidelines is over. Donald Trump cannot be allowed to get away with his usurpation of power, his disdain for the law, or his continued policies that have damaged the country.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel from the Second Circuit has reinstated Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against The New York Times.

At least some conservatives appear to finally be recognizing that their movement has been taken over by grifters and frauds. The only question is, what took them so long?

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Trump’s penchant for behaving more like a talk radio host than a POTUS continues unabated.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

The mysterious disappearance of long-time OTB commenters.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

Tip O’Neill was famous for once having advised his fellow Democrats that “all politics is local.” That’s not true anymore, and that’s unfortunate.

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