Outside the Beltway

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The laying out of the case begins.

Despite their military trappings and propaganda, they’re seldom heroes.

A blast from the past.

The mirage of semi-order faded quickly.

Reacting to the asymmetrical polarization of the electorate.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

Of course, it depends on what case one thinks needs to have been made.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

The conversation continues. (Warning: it is over 3000 words).

The plurality of New Hampshire voters are unaffiliated. Should they all stay at home?

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party stalwart who served in Congress nine years ago, has thrown his hat in the ring against President Trump for the 2020 GOP Presidential Nomination.

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

Thanks apparently to the fact that it remained unwilling to get in line behind the Trumpidians, the conservative owner of The Weekly Standard has shut the magazine down.

President Trump reportedly vetoed a plan to issue a statement lauding Senator John McCain after he died on Saturday.

The President teased the Jobs Report an hour before it was officially released. This was both a violation of Federal law, and yet another example of this President violating long-established norms governing how politicians are supposed to act.

Donald Trump’s entire modus operandi involves pushing divisive cultural hot buttons.

A bit of wishful thinking in the wake of Steve Bannon’s ouster.

The first full day of Donald Trump’s Presidency consisted largely of obsessions with irrelevant facts and outright lies.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

The “independent conservative” running for President is finding it hard to even get on the ballot.

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

The relatively unknown candidate that Bill Kristol floated as the “Never Trump” alternative has announced he’s not running for President.

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

It’s not going to happen.

Bill Kristol is continuing the #NeverTrump fight to its logical next step, trying to find a more mainstream Republican to run as an independent in the fall.

Once again, Donald Trump is succeeding because he is saying things many Republicans agree with.

Donald Trump stuck his foot in his mouth again.

More than ever before, even mild criticism of Israel seems to be verboten among Republicans.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

The news that Obama aides discussed a change to the 2012 ticket is part of the latest Halperin/Heilemann campaign history.

Some interesting taking of sides is already taking place in the GOP Senate race in Wyoming.

The Hagel confirmation, like Obama’s election, was big news to some avid news consumers.

Whether it comes now or in January, President Obama is going to win the tax debate.

As we approach the fiscal cliff, there are signs that House Republicans may not be as rigid as they were the past two years.

Political reality says that the Bush Tax Cuts for high income earners are likely doomed in the wake of the election, but the GOP will find it very hard to switch positions on this issue.

In order to win, Mitt Romney needs the support of a large segment of the 47% of the populace he wrote off back in May.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Mitt Romney’s intransigence over releasing more tax returns is politically stupid.

Mitt Romney believes he could take America to war without Congressional involvement.