Outside the Beltway

There are different, and not equally good, reasons to talk about labels.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A choice that’s both historic and unsurprising.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

To mix cultural references: less than meets the eye.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

Remember how people used to think he was playing multi-dimensional chess?

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

Our response to Covid-19 has been exceptional in all the wrong ways.

The President has hit rock bottom.

Will we ever be satisfied?

Yet another incumbent has lost his primary contest.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

The simplism is strong.

A clip from Trump’s Axios interview shows a man who really does not understand what is going on.

Trump’s nonsense campaign against vote-by-mail could cost the GOP votes.

Framing matters.

The rules are different if you’re famous.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

Having failed to prevent or contain it, aggressive stupidity is now washing over us.

The President may be right on voting by mail.

McConnell and McCarthy both reject the notion of a delay.

Trump’s irresponsibility continues.

An ambitious veepable. What a concept!

Trump made up an invitation to throw out the first pitch.

The ‘outside agitators’ trope strikes again.

She would hardly be the first running mate who criticized the nominee in a debate.

Are “trust issues” in the way?

Black football players at Iowa complain they were treated differently—and also the same.

Shame on him for defending authoritarian actions.

Partial credit at best, however.

An unintended consequence of the Cares Act.

A thought experiment on what we have seen in Portland.

We can’t punish every politician with a mental problem, but some are clearly unfit for office.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

An interesting if frustrating new survey from Cato.

Trump and virus politics.

How about crowd sourcing a timeline for all of Trump’s enablers?

Comparisons with 2016 all work against Trump’s re-election.

If you are wondering why masks are political, look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Another way in which the Framer’s really didn’t understand what they were creating.

A civil rights legend has passed.

It’s just not immediate.

Conspiracy theories are poisoning the United States. That’s no joke.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

Tommy Tuberville is likely the next Senator from the state of Alabama.

A majority of Americans of every sex, race, education, income, or region do the right thing. With one exception.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?