Outside the Beltway

Sound and fury, signifying nothing?

President Trump’s Senate co-partisans are growing increasingly frustrated with him.

The Republican Honey Badger Caucus is getting bigger.

Even as a lame duck, he still holds domination over the party.

A dumb way to choose candidates? Or the dumbest way?

What happens at the 60 day mark of the Iran War? Nothing.

They hate the program but have no viable alternative.

Why blaming “the Democrats” or even “leadership” ignores a basic fact of American politics.

What the shutdown should have been about.

Not so much.

A dramatic escalation of the standoff.

Trump’s personal lawyer, and man accused of telling DOJ lawyers to ignore court orders is now a federal judge.

Things are not operating as Madison intended.

Spinelessness isn’t permanent.

A major unforced error has apparently been reversed.

Senate Republicans are balking at several measures, but fixing those would make passage in the House impossible.

The prize: sick and dead US children

Beware the Ides of March.

Just beyond parody at this point.

Yet again, too little, too late.

In which I agree with Trump about the problem, but NOT the solution

Could Democrats replace their oldest Justice before it’s too late?

House Republicans still can’t get out of their own way.

Much ado about nothing?

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).