Outside the Beltway

A trailblazer is gone at 90.

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Just 1,436 days until Election Day 2020!

One media critic is arguing that news organizations should ignore the fact that Hillary Clinton will become the Presumptive Democratic Nominee tomorrow. This is utterly ridiculous.

In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, Ted Cruz is naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate before the primary process has even ended.

None of the top eight candidates in current polls have made a previous bid for the nomination.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

Carly Fiorina, who flopped at Hewlett-Packard and in her lone previous political campaign, wants to be the leader of the free world.

Former Hewlett Packard CEO, and failed Senate candidate, Carly Fiorina will be running for President for some reason.

Carly Fiorina seems to be inching close to a Presidential run for some reason.

Senate Republicans have done more harm to the goal of stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons than they have done good.

The Keystone XL pipeline bill is dead until the next Senate. Mary Landrieu’s political career, on the other hand, is basically dead for the foreseeable future.

When it comes to Iraq, the media only seems to be giving Americans one side of the story.

Open mouth, insert foot.

Rand Paul’s filibuster is one that all American’s should thank him for that.

The NRA’s response to the Sandy Hook shootings was bizarre to say the least.

The Libertarian Party has chosen another former Republican politician as their Presidential nominee.

Barbara Boxer takes the Daily Show’s “The Vagina Ideologues” bit out of context and deconstructs it during the Senate’s Blunt amendment debate.

Herman Cain response to the latest round of allegations against him leaves much to be desired.

Harry Reid is playing hardball, invoking a tactic that he himself decried being threatened when Republicans were in charge.

Nor, it would seem, are really tired clichés.

Polls show the Republicans easily retaking the House but falling short in the Senate. But 2006 showed us that wave elections can produce shocking outcomes.

Even with some key seats trending Democrat, Republicans are primed to take over both Houses of Congress come November 2.

Despite hopes that they could help reverse a 20 year trend, both Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman are beginning to lose ground in their races for statewide office in California.

This November, California could become the first state in the nation to completely legalize the possession and sale of marijuana. And the battle over the ballot initiative is having an impact on other statewide races.

Christine O’Donnell’s victory in Delaware Tuesday has made it less likely that the GOP will be able to take control of the Senate, but they still have an excellent shot of making substantial gains that will transform Congress’s Upper House.

For most of the year, a GOP takeover in the Senate seemed beyond the realm of possibility. That’s no longer the case.

Barbara Boxer has offended some veterans again. This time, she’s right and they’re wrong.

Nate Silver provides yet more bad news for Democrats: When screening for “likely voters,” Republican numbers look even better.