Outside the Beltway

With twelve Democrats set to clash tonight in Ohio, it’s time to take a look at the state of the race.

Public opinion on impeachment has shifted rapidly to the point where a majority of Americans support an impeachment inquiry and support for removal is growing as well.

The evidence piles up.

Public opinion on impeachment has taken a rapid turn that should alarm the Trump White House.

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

While some 135 House Democrats have endorsed impeaching the President, most other Democrats on Capitol Hill are not supporting the idea. And neither is Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

We’re unlikely to see anyone like her again.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

As doubts about the health of the economy start to mount, President Trump’s job approval is starting to suffer.

After falling for the second debate, ratings were back near record levels for the third debate.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

A new poll shows that most Americans want President Trump out of office, but don’t want to see the House impeach him.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed on with Fox News Channel to continue her career of lying on behalf of the President.

As many as twelve candidates for the Democratic nomination may not qualify for the next debate. They should use that as an opportunity to get out of a race they clearly aren’t going to win.

Sean Spicer will appear on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

The Mueller hearings don’t appear to have moved the needle of public opinion when it comes to impeachment.

The Mueller hearing has weakened the political argument for impeachment. Democrats need to proceed with caution, and concentrate on winning in 2020 rather than removing the President from office prematurely.

Increased focus on conservative efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade appears to be rallying public support for abortion rights.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Democratic voters and donors appear to be narrowing their choices for a nominee down, which could mean a short future for a lot of current Democratic candidates.

Senator Elizabeth Warren raised $19 million despite eschewing the high-dollar fundraisers her opponents have utilized.

Nearly half the country thinks he’s not a terrible President.

Bernie Sanders is finding that the 2020 campaign is very different from 2016.

The post-debate polling of the Democratic race continues to be somewhat chaotic, but it’s clear that Harris and Warren have made this a very different race than it was before the debates.

Three new polls show significant changes in the Democratic race in the wake of last week’s debates.

Following through on a threat made by the President earlier this week, immigration authorities are reportedly planning mass raids aimed primarily at immigrant families starting tomorrow.

It’s still way too early to be predictive, but the latest head-to-head matches between the President and the top contenders for the Democratic nomination.

President Trump says in a new interview that he would be willing to break the law to get “oppo research” on an opponent.

John Kasich hasn’t shut the door completely, but recent comments seem to make it clear he’s not likely to take on the President for the Republican nomination.

A dozen people died late yesterday in a workplace shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.

The party’s presidential wannabes have until September 12 to demonstrate a pulse.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue political movement is arguing in favor of independent election of Vice-Presidents.

A year and a half into the #MeToo era, we’re still debating who gets to have a career.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

Democratic House members are finding that their constituents aren’t quite as eager for impeachment as some party activists are.

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans say they won’t vote for President Trump in 2020. but that’s only half the battle for Democrats

A new poll finds that most Americans do not support impeaching the President at this time, but they also don’t believe the President on the issues of Russian interference and obstruction.

The Justice Department will release a ‘lightly redacted’ version of the 400-page report at 11 Eastern.

Let’s just say that he isn’t impressed.

Bernie also faces disclosure pressures.

The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.

For the second time in a week, reports indicate that the President intervened to get a family member a security clearance.

President Trump personally overrode the objections of security officials, the White House Counsel, and the Chief of Staff to make sure his son-in-law got a security clearance.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.