Outside the Beltway

The wrong people are choosing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Democrats say they want an candidate who is electable.

We are truly exceptional in how we choose the president.

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

For all your Miercoles-based foruming.

A book out today makes an odd case.

The venerable youth organization has fallen on hard times.

Someplace to hang out.

He is complaining that the White House is holding it up.

Trek edition

Let the week begin

(Or not. Part 1,276,524).

Lack of control of label is lack of control, ultimately, of a party.

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

It’s easy.

Do gay candidates have a special obligation to be leftists?

Tweets aren’t policy, unless they are.

Several trends are pointing in a new direction.

Could the fevered dream really come true?

From the Freedom House “Freedom in the World 2019” report.

Two early frontrunners are being written off.

It’s a reasonable question but not the right one.

Chat if you got ’em.

The Attorney General claims to be frustrated by Presidential tweets that undermine his department.

We now have five candidates in double-digits.

An unprecedented spending blitz is upending the campaign.

Pick a topic, any topic.

The Democratic nominee will be white.

There was not a singular “winner” last night, so we need to stop talking like there was.

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are changing the perception of the race.

The math compelled it. But he outlasted several better-known candidates.

It’s time for some over-reaction Wednesday.

Some thoughts based on incomplete results.

An amusing discovery.

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

A feminist icon offers some advice her allies will not want to hear.

Biden’s support is in decline. But it’s not clear that Buttigieg is getting an Iowa bounce.

What’s new isn’t necessarily what’s most important.

Nobody even agrees on what baselines to use.

The precise distribution of 41 measly delegates is now known. Unless there’s a recount.

Happy Monday.

How is the mayor of a modest-sized Midwestern city doing as well as he has?

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

A smaller staff is arguably a good idea. But not this way.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

Is there a new frontrunner?