Outside the Beltway

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.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

He definitely wouldn’t appreciate it, but in some sense you can thank Robert Bork for the Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges.

Donald Trump has gotten almost nothing but negative press since entering the race for President, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting him very much just yet.

The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to wade back into the thorny issue of race and higher education.

The Attorney General of Texas is responding to the Supreme Court’s marriage ruling by telling Clerk’s who issue marriage license that they are free to ignore the law.

The events of the past two weeks could allow the Republican Party to move forward.

There’s a lot of pandering and outright nonsense in the wake of the Supreme Court’s legalization of gay marriage.

The reaction of many of the GOP candidates to the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges is about what you’d expect, but there are a few interesting surprises.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

A Congressman wants to force Supreme Court Justices to get their health care through the ObamaCare exchange.

Republicans aren’t going to like this one.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

Virginia Republicans are deciding later this week how they will make their choice in the 2016 Presidential Race. And they may end up regretting their decision.

An important tenet of the internet is “don’t read the comments.” Well, I have violated that rule of late–which means more musings on the symbols of the CSA.

PolitiFact rates President Obama’s claim that other countries don’t have mass shootings at rates comparable to America”Mostly False.”