Outside the Beltway

Running for office or just running?

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s looking like we’ll end up with a Congress divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate.

Based on their own rhetoric, it seems clear that Republicans don’t really care what Christine Blasey Ford has to say regarding what happened to her in 1982.

Mitch McConnell has a plan that could pose problems for Democrats fighting for re-election.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

After thirty years on the bench, during which he played a central role in some of the Supreme Court’s most significant rulings, Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring.

It’s been eight years since we’ve seen a Supreme Court retirement, and despite speculation there were none announced today.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

Senators hoping for a long summer recess have had their hopes dashed.

Republicans are at least a bit more confident that they’ll hold on to the Senate this year.

With the end of the Supreme Court term approaching, speculation about a Kennedy retirement is ramping up again.

Republicans are worried about 2018, and they’re even more worried that they have a President who is refusing to acknowledge political reality.

The GOP’s most vulnerable incumbent is still looking very vulnerable.

Republicans are planning on pushing judicial nominees through the Senate in case they lose control in November. Meanwhile, the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy raises the stakes.

Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.

Whether they like it or not, Republican candidates in the midterms will have to run with the albatross of Donald Trump around their necks.

Once again, there’s speculation in Washington that Justice Anthony Kennedy could retire this year.

The Trump Administration is reversing policy on an Obama Era policy that allowed states to choose their own course on marijuana laws.

With the results from Alabama. the GOP faces a hard road ahead defending its majority in the Senate.

The early numbers in the battle to control Congress look good for Democrats, but there are are a number of caveats to keep in mind.

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon is declaring war on Republicans in the Senate.

Roy Moore’s victory in Alabama is raising fears of a wider battle in the Republican Party heading into 2018.

Senate Republicans are considering one more last-ditch effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Independents don’t seek to shape party nominations.

A new poll shows that most Americans want Republicans want to move on from their failed effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

What looks like it will be the Senate GOP’s last effort on the issue of health care reform died less than a day after being put on the table.

With the defection of two more Senators, the latest effort to ‘repeal and replace’ the Affordable Care Act has gone down in flames.

New polling indicates that the Affordable Care Act has gained in popularity with the American public, while Republican reform efforts are viewed overwhelmingly negatively.

With the fate of the Senate health care reform bill hanging in the balance, the Senate will delay consideration of the bill due to the unexpected absence of one Senator.

Senate Republicans have introduced their latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

A big setback for Republican efforts to ‘repeal and replace’ Obamacare.

Once again, a bad CBO score is casting doubt on a Republican health care reform bill.

The Senate GOP health care reform care bill faces a crucial week, and things aren’t looking good.

Senate Republicans released their proposed health care plan this morning, but it could already be doomed.

The polls are looking worse and worse for Donald Trump.

More Republican officeholders are distancing themselves from Donald Trump, but it’s time to start wondering what took them so long,

Is President Obama planning a Checkmate move in the SCOTUS nomination fight?

Donald Trump won his third contest in a row in Nevada, putting him one step closer to inevitability.

Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.

Conservatives are sending a message to Senate Republicans about the vacancy on the Supreme Court, and it may require them to initiate a suicidal game plan.

The unity of the Republican Senate on the idea of no hearings or votes, if it ever really existed, appears to be cracking.