Outside the Beltway

What’s more important, appearances or action?

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Could it be that he was untruthful?

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

The past just won’t let him be.

How an apparent serial fabulist got elected to Congress

He is so close.

Her emphasis on turnout has helped other Democrats but she’s a two-time loser.

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

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

How much ticket-splitting was there in gubernatorial v. senatorial races this cycle?

What to make of her second straight loss?

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Every vote counted, with refreshing results.

MAGA loses again (twice)

There will be 222 Republicans and 213 Democrats in the next Congress.

Tales from the GA campaign trail.

The lines aren’t everything, but they need more attention than they get.

One of these things is not like the other.

It would be nice if politicians and cable news outlets were more responsible.

It was a squeaker, but this one is a win for the MAGAs.

This kind of “analysis” drives me nuts

Losing has a way of creating intraparty strife.

There was some quiet meddling going on.

Another election denier loses.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

Looking at past Senate elections and some more thoughts on historical patterns.

The “America First” slate of candidates lost all but one contest.

With a win in Nevada, the party will retain at least 50 seats.

Well, kind of, but not really.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

It boils down to NV or GA.

Looking at some historical data.

Thinking about what was likely and what wasn’t.

Parsing the results thus far.

A surprising factoid in a bad election for the party.

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

Disproportional representation!

The 2020 loser has doubled down on losing.

The chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lost his re-election.

Republicans hold narrow leads for Governor and Senator but . . . .

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

Colorado’s third is neck and neck.

The Needle is Broken

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

Open Forum for election chatter.

Most don’t even know it passed!

President Biden is being pressured to face the music after the midterms.

We really have no idea how Tuesday’s election will unfold.

Is the President governing like he means it?