Outside the Beltway

California Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. will remain in office for the rest of 2019 notwithstanding his guilty plea.

November saw much higher jobs growth than economic analysts were expecting, but it could just be a statistical blip.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Former Congressman Joe Sestak (Who?) is ending his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

New revelations punch a big hole in Republican defenses of the President.

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has spent the weekend in the hospital over concerns about a possible infection.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

A new article puts Joe Biden’s gaffes and malapropisms in a new light.

Wednesday night’s debate drew the smallest television audience of any of the debates so far.

Mike Bloomberg isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s getting closer.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick isn’t exactly starting out on the right foot.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead in South Carolina even while slipping in other early states.

Today begins another week of impeachment hearings by the House Intelligence Committee. By the time the smoke clears, the ground could have shifted significantly for the President.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

Jeff Sessions demonstrates just how obsequious he’s willing to be to get his Senate seat back.

After a promising start, Kamala Harris’s campaign appears to be in crisis mode.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman is running to get his old job back.

After just two months, Mark Sanford is dropping his challenge to the incumbent President.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is reportedly considering a late entry into the race for the Democratic nomination.

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?

The newest entrant is outperforming most rivals but is intensely disliked.

A new poll seems to indicate that Democratic voters aren’t exactly jumping on the Mike Bloomberg train.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Jeff Sessions entered the race for the GOP nomination for Senate in Alabama by heaping obsequious and pathetic praise on a man who had spent two years insulting him publicly and privately

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular suffered a big loss in the Kentucky Governor’s race.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

Kamala Harris’s Presidential race continues to his bumpy roads.

Beto O;Rourke finally faces reality.

While the economy is likely to remain at its current levels for the next year, that probably won’t help Trump and the GOP much.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Greg Mankiw, an economist who served as a top adviser to Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, is officially no longer a Republican