Outside the Beltway

South Carolina and Georgia win! Iowa loses! New Hampshire whines!

Someone has stepped up to challenge former President Trump.

A tough map for the Democrats.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Some numbers from the Emerson poll.

The market for competent centrists.

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

The race is on before the 89-year-old has announced her intentions.

Mike Pompeo’s PAC wants you to know that Mike Pompeo’s book is a “thriller with stories from the heart” of Mike Pompeo

The Michigan Senator’s stepping down at a reasonable age shocked everyone.

The January 6 Committee recommends invoking the Insurrection Clause.

The past just won’t let him be.

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

Trump currently has a comfortable lead.

Some numbers from an NPR/PBS Marist
poll.

Americans want some new choices.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Contrary to a Politico headline, the GOP response to Trump’s anti-constitution talk continues to underwhelm.

The response to extreme rhetoric from Trump is producing the some old responses.

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

Democrats meet this week to set the 2024 primary calendar.

Democratic politicians are lining up behind the octogenarian President.

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

You know, Russia, Russia, Russia.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

The re-election campaign is quietly forming but don’t expect an announcement any time soon.

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

Covering the coverage.

A MAGA challenger has already emerged for 2024.

An interesting wrinkle in the 2024 race.

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

It’s easy if you try.

Thoughts on the scenarios.

Psst. Don’t tell anyone.

She’s almost certainly going to lose her House seat. Can she get a promotion?

More intraparty support numbers.

Signs and portents?

With record-low poll numbers, the grass roots wants someone new on the ticket next time.

From the Cliché File.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

It’s okay to ask a war criminal for some political dirt on your opponent, right?

Magically mobilizing nonvoters isn’t going to happen (but it sounds nice, I suppose).

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

Doing the right thing on 1/6/20 doesn’t absolve him of being a key Trump enabler.

Trump’s pardon offer is just another way to propagate the big lies about the election and 1/6.

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

Hillary Clinton edition.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

With an obvious but important caveat.