Outside the Beltway

Data? How quaint.

The data are clear (and the predictions were correct).

It’s the opposite of politics as usual.

And yes, Trump fits the definitions all too well.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

A stroll through the archives.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

The longest-serving Republican Senator has died at the age of 88.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

This time: Senator Marco Rubio.

One party is divided on how to govern and the other is united in not governing.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

David Brooks is the leader in the clubhouse.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

The Trump Presidency has been a long con.

The party is unlikely to suffer consequences for its anti-democracy actions.

The Pundit’s Fallacy meets opportunism.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?