Outside the Beltway

CNN has revised its criteria for the main September 16th debate such that Carly Fiorina will now most likely make the cut.

The Supreme Court has denied a Kentucky Clerk’s request to stay a ruling requiring her to comply with the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Two candidates with no political experienced whatsoever are tied in Iowa as Republican voters continue to reject anyone with political experience.

Some of Hillary Clinton’s Democratic opponents are complaining about the DNC’s parsimonious debate schedule.

Carly Fiorina will most likely be excluded from CNN’s prime time debate in September, so of course her campaign is complaining about rules that were established months ago.

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

It will never actually happen, of course, but some of Donald Trump’s fellow candidates for President have been eager to endorse his idea to abolish birthright citizenship.

Donald Trump is still in the lead of the Republican circus, but the rest of the field remains uncertain in the wake of the first debate.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

There have been some changes in the race for the Republican nomination.

Donald Trump is leading in Iowa, and very few things make sense anymore.

A Clerk in Kentucky appears to be headed for a showdown with a Federal District Court Judge that she is destined to lose.

Donald Trump’s assertion that he will get Mexico to pay for his border wall is being laughed at in Mexico City.

Rick Perry’s campaign is already showing signs that it may not last long.

Somewhat surprisingly, a jury in Colorado was unable to agree on a unanimous death sentence for Aurora movie theater shooter James Holmes.

The low-polling candidates met in an early debate. It was about what you’d expect.

A Federal Appeals Court has dealt a setback to Texas in the battle over its Voter ID Law.

Donald Trump is center stage, John Kasich is in, and Rick Perry is relegated to the kid’s table.

Donald’s Trump’s campaign is the logical conclusion of more than a decade of emotion-drive, substance-free politics.

The last three polls to be released before Thursday’s debate show Donald Trump continuing to solidify his lead.

Another poll, another Donald Trump lead

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

Jason Kottke points me to Stan Carey’s summary of Jack Grieve’s study of regional variations in swearing patterns across the United States.

Public opinion on the Supreme Court has declined significantly, largely because Republicans don’t like the Supreme Court very much right now.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

A police officer in Cincinnati has been indicted for murder in a case that seems to be a pretty clear cut example of improper use of force.

With just over a week to go, Republican candidates for President are fighting for the movement in the polls that could get them in to the August 6th debate.

Low costs and regulatory barriers are attracting people to red states–thus turning them purple and blue.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

A big win in Court for the former Texas Governor, but it’s unclear what this means politically.

An authoritarian ego trip for all to see.

Polling in three battleground states shows Hillary Clinton slightly trailing three top Republicans, but it means far less than you might think.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

A few days late, but a story worth noting if it has escaped notice.

Donald Trump stuck his foot in his mouth again.

Despite the clear language of the 14th Amendment, Texas is apparently refusing to issue birth certificates to some children born in the United States whose parents happen to be in the country illegally.

Trips to the airport will now be even more fun.

Donald Trump leads in a new national poll, but a deeper look at the numbers suggests that this Trump Bubble can’t last for very much longer.

A new polls seems to show that Republicans are still clinging to their opposition to marriage equality in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has formally entered the race for President, but can he overcome his flip-flops and a turn to the hard right?

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

A Federal Judge has uphold a Patent Office ruling revoking the Redskins Trademarks on the ground that they are “disparaging” toward Native Americans.

A County Clerk in Kentucky is being sued because she thinks she can refuse to do her job and still keep that job.

Republicans are finally starting to react to what Donald Trump has been saying.