Outside the Beltway

“The question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom. More rights or fewer.”

A clear example from North Carolina.

An old soldier has faded away.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

Whither American civil religion?

As tired as we may be of him, his nominating electorate appears ready for another round.

“The GOP” is not a singular unit.

Tips for how to check yourself before you wreck yourself.

Setting the tone.

Carville, MTG, and hierarchy in America.

The state of the union is . . . not good.

Some 2024ish stuff and other tidbits.

The primary calendar debate shows, yet again, that parties don’t fully control candidate selection.

The market for competent centrists.

The anti-Trump Republican could find re-election difficult.

Ezra Klein has some thought on the Republican Party.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Mostly about the majority party.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

In case you need some NYD reading.

“You can’t be against everything.”

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

A 4155-page, $1.65 trillion dollar budget deal has been reached.

The President will be the 2024 Democratic nominee. Get used to it.

He is so close.

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

And thoughts on party systems more generally.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

What to make of her second straight loss?

One of these laptops is more important than the other.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

A MAGA challenger has already emerged for 2024.

Parsing the results thus far.

The New York Post and Wall Street Journal are blasting the losing loser.

The numbers aren’t real. Not yet, anyway.

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

Is the President governing like he means it?

Local issues barely matter in Congressional races anymore.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

It’s easy if you try.

A former dissertation advisor and two Army War College professors are speaking out against the gubernatorial candidate.