Outside the Beltway

Non-college-educated White men remain happy.

Not a Red Wave but a Red Shift?

Is all diversity created equal?

Doubling down on the MAGA.

The weirdness of this year’s polling gives the President’s team hope.

Most high-income Congressional Districts are Democratic and low-income Districts are Republican.

“Classical liberals” really need to rediscover self examination

Whither American civil religion?

This kind of “analysis” drives me nuts

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

How well has the famous thesis fared?

The Democrats have lots of problems. Salesmanship is pretty far down the list.

Very little progress has been made towards racial justice.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

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

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

It’s just not immediate.

Based on the early stages of the campaign for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination, it appears as though the party’s progressive wing has misread the signals being sent by the party’s voters.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden isn’t officially running for President yet, but says his family is on board if he does.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden will reportedly decide on whether or not he’ll be entering the race for President in the near future.

Michael Avenatti, the California lawyer best known for representing Stormy Daniels in her claims against the President, is dropping a bid for the Democratic nomination that never seemed like a serious effort.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

The Atlantic fired one of their few conservative voices for saying women who have abortions should be hanged. Was this beyond the pale?

After seven years that mostly consisted of losing elections, there’s a battle going on over which direction the party should head.