Outside the Beltway

The 2016 Republican Convention is barely halfway over, but some Republicans are already looking ahead to 2020.

Predictably, the latest effort to prevent Donald Trump from gaining the Republican nomination has ended in failure.

Despite a year of utter failure, one group of Republicans apparently still thinks they can deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination.

Is Indiana’s Governor a contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate?

If anything, the Trump campaign is going to provide some interesting data for future political scientists who study campaigns.

One result from the new NBC News poll shows us how important it is to pay attention to how poll questions are phrased.

George Will isn’t just refusing to vote for Donald Trump, he’s leaving the GOP entirely

Marco Rubio changes his mind, and drops the first hint that he’s already thinking about the Presidential race in 2020 or 2024.

Donald Trump has almost no cash on hand. That doesn’t bode well for his campaign going forward.

A small group of Republican delegates is apparently discussing yet another quixotic effort to deny Donald Trump the nomination.

The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.

Republican insiders are apparently still looking at ways to stop Donald Trump at a convention. It’s far too late for that, guys.

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.

Continuing the fight at this point is not just Quixotic, it’s unsporting.

After initially expressing doubts about his candidacy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has lined up behind Donald Trump.

With Republicans in Trump-induced disarray, Libertarians are meeting to pick their nominee and the hope that 2016 could be the year their party finally gets the attention it has craved for four decades.

Donald Trump would be a horrible president. That doesn’t justify Hillary Clinton’s bad acts.

Donald Trump now has enough delegates to win the Republican nomination on the first ballot.

Donald Trump is now just 28 delegates away from clinching the GOP nomination. New Jersey’s primary on June 7th will put him over the top.

Some of the GOP’s top donors still aren’t sold on Donald Trump.

Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s historic decision, public support for same-sex marriage continues to rise even among groups that were previously strongly opposed to it.

Donald Trump has announced that he would not be self-funding the General Election campaign. That’s probably because he really couldn’t afford to do so.

Even before the 2016 convention, Republicans are talking about possible rules changes to stop another Trump-like candidate in 2020 or beyond.

The walk backs begin.

With the field before him now clear, Donald Trump is now assured to win the Republican Presidential Nomination. After that, though, his plans don’t seem to make a lot of sense.

The political fight over North Carolina’s so-called “Bathroom Bill” has moved to the Federal Courts.

The rise of Trump and Sanders has resurrected a debate as old as Western civilization.

In the immortal words of the Fonz, I was wr-wr-wr-wr . . . not exactly right.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

In a rational universe somewhere, John Kasich is preparing to become the de facto Republican nominee for President. In ours, he’s dropping out in favor of Donald Trump.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

The GOP race for President takes yet another bizarre turn.

The results from today’s Indiana Primary will go a long way toward setting the course for the end of both party’s nomination fights.

Donald Trump seems poised for another solid victory in Indiana tomorrow, while the effort to stop him from winning a majority of delegates looks to be running out of options.

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, Ted Cruz is naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate before the primary process has even ended.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

To the surprise of no one, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already falling apart.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

The passage of a new law in North Carolina has revealed an apparent obsession among some on the right with who gets to use which restroom.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich have come up with yet another plan to stop Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is beginning to look beyond Bernie Sanders and talk about running mates.

Hillary Clinton scored another big win in New York last night, putting her closer to clinching the Democratic nomination, and causing Bernie Sanders’ campaign to make even less sense.

As expected, Donald Trump scored a huge victory in his home state last night and now appears to be back on track to win the GOP nomination.

As the Empire State votes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look well positioned to have a very good night.

A New Jersey judge, along with a Judge in Pennsylvania, is among the first to rule on the meaning of the ‘natural born citizen’ clause.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

Donald Trump is complaining about a ‘rigged’ delegate selection process, but the truth is that the fault lies with only one person, Donald Trump.