Outside the Beltway

Half the counties in America have moved more Republican in each of the last three elections.

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

And his corruption.

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

The Gaza conflict has ousted a member of “the Squad.”

MAGA has eaten the Tea Party.

The NYT is going all-in painting it as “far more radical, vindictive and unchecked” than the first.

Explaining the inexplicable.

John Fetterman says he’s not a progressive.

We won’t have Kevin to kick around any more.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Young Americans are increasingly ruling out those of the other party.

Does a successful, moderate governor stand any chance in today’s GOP?

The questionable ethics of living a lavish lifestyle based on high office.

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

The anti-McCarthy holdouts have no end game.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

“You can’t be against everything.”

What to make of her second straight loss?

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

What we believe and what we say we believe are often not the same.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

States are sponsoring an increasingly controversial image.

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

The Schumer-Manchin compromise includes a massive increase in the tax collection budget.

From the Cliché File.

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

We know a lot less about the motives of spree killers than the public discourse suggests.

More on primaries with a foray into Madison and the general politics of power-seekers and incentives.

He was clearly willing to subvert the election.

Twenty-three and counting will not run in 2022.

A conversation in two parts.

They shall not submit to blackmail!

An interesting but rather misleading report from a Biden Treasury official.

He will challenge Greg Abbott for the GOP nomination.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Republicans are more partisan—and distrustful of government—than Democrats.

Look at who’s lined up against H.R. 1.

Some marginal Republican formers are thinking about maybe doing somethingoranother.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

A one-time denizen of Blogger’s Row at CPAC has come a long way.