Outside the Beltway

Primaries are not all they are cracked up to be.

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

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?

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.

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.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

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

An attempt to explain the consequences of institutional design.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Steve Bannon may be out of the White House, but his efforts to continue pushing President Trump, and the Republican Party, even further to the populist far-right continues.

Another poll shows that most Americans would prefer that the vacancy on the Supreme Court be filled by President Obama than that it be left open for the next President to fill, but other factors make it unlikely the Senate will act.

The American people do not seem to support the Republican position on whether President Obama’s expected Supreme Court nominee should get proper consideration by the Senate.

Two new polls show that Americans are basically split equally on the question of who should appoint the Justice that will replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.

A new poll shows that the Tea Party movement is more unpopular than it has ever been before, even among Republicans and conservatives.

After nearly 20 years in office, Harry Reid announced early today that he would not seek reelection in 2016.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

Purity for profit on display.

Much like the guy who’s afraid to talk to girls in High School, Republicans don’t seem to know how to talk to women. But their problems are actually bigger than that.

Several conservative groups have jumped on the bandwagon of what appears to be a controversial Mississippi politician.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted for default. They lost.

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.