Outside the Beltway

This time, the Pences

If the goal is to change politics, not just vent frustration, messaging is important.

A stroll down memory lane.

This is more about structural conditions than it is about the GOP.

An attempt at getting the point across.

Can there be truth when there are consequences?

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Sigh.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

Lee Boyd Malvo may be eligible for parole in two years.

Speaking of xenophobia.

Which ones have you owned?

Could the fevered dream really come true?

The plurality of New Hampshire voters are unaffiliated. Should they all stay at home?

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

In just three years in office, Donald Trump has succeeded in taking huge steps in transforming the judiciary for decades to come.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

Willie Simmons is 61 years old. He’s spent the last 38 years in prison for stealing $9.00 thanks to what clearly appears to be an unjust and overly hard “habitual offender” statute. His story is far too common.

After months of silence, Maine Senator Susan Collins has announced that she is running for a fifth term in office.

With her eyes on her political future in a GOP dominated by Trumpism, Nikki Haley is attempting to rewrite the history of one of the most significant events of her time as Governor of South Carolina.

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

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

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

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

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

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.

A Federal District court Judge in Alabama has blocked implementation of that state’s latest attempt to challenge Roe v. Wade

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly is posing a big challenge to Senator Martha McSally in Arizona.

Roy Moore’s second bid for the Senate isn’t going so well.

Elizabeth Warren’s comments at an LGBT rights forum late last week were cheered by the audience, but some Democrats are raising concerns about their impact on the General Election.

Sigh.

Can the media fairly parse the statements of those running against President ‘Bottomless Pinocchio’?

Hurricanes and corrupting truth.

The parent organization of the National Weather Service issued a statement Alabama and Dorian.

From the State of Alabama we get a perfect example of the reason why, at times, the law is an ass.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is the latest politician to apologize for donning blackface while she was in college.

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson will retire at the end of 2019, setting up a contest in 2020 to fill the remainder of his term.

A defense of a modest philosophy of judicial interpretation.

In the battle for Senate control in 2020, the conditions appear to favor Republicans. At least for now.