Outside the Beltway

Hillary Clinton has suffered drops in her favorability numbers lately, but that may not mean much for 2016.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

Hillary Clinton’s two biggest challengers were ambushed at a progressive political convention over the weekend.

We are still a ways from actual voting–this needs to be remembered.

Polling in three battleground states shows Hillary Clinton slightly trailing three top Republicans, but it means far less than you might think.

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

It’s all about the Benjamins.

While “fundamentals” will have more impact on choosing our next president than what happens on the campaign trail, the race itself is important.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

A Republican political consultant says Hillary Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination.

Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb is running for President for reasons I would assume make sense to him.

Chris Christie is in the race for the Republican nomination, but it’s tough to see how he has a plausible path to relevance.

In the wake of the latest Supreme Court decision, the Affordable Care Act seems to have become even more firmly established than it was before last week, and the prospect of repeal has become even less likely.

Bernie Sanders is closing in the polls, but it still seems as though it doesn’t mean as much as some political pundits will try to tell you it does.

If Jim Webb runs for President, he will be the only candidate in either party who is on record defending the Confederate Battle Flag. And he’s thinking of running as a Democrat.

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

Virginia Republicans are deciding later this week how they will make their choice in the 2016 Presidential Race. And they may end up regretting their decision.

A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton remains largely unstoppable on her quest for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, and she has a pretty clear path to the White House as well.

More Democrats are calling themselves “liberal” than they have in years. Republicans, too.

Two new polls show Bernie Sanders rising in the polls in New Hampshire, but they likely don’t mean anything in the long term.

Most Americans think that income inequality is a problem, but they don’t all agree on what to do about it.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

Obviously, most of these people are smart enough to realize they can’t possibly win, right?

Hillary Clinton remains as much the inevitable Democratic nominee as she always has been.

The “Draft Warren” movement is basically dead.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.

Hillary Clinton is a deeply flawed candidate who might not even make a very good President. But that doesn’t matter in the race for the Democratic Nomination, and she’s probably going to be the next President anyway.

Rand Paul held the Senate floor for nearly twelve hours yesterday to talk about the PATRIOT Act, but it’s unclear if he accomplished anything.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have done quite well for themselves of the speaking circuit.

Hillary Clinton told supporters she’d require Supreme Court nominees to pledge to overturn Citizens United, a decision she completely misrepresented.

So far at least, there’s little evidence in the polls that Hillary Clinton has been hurt by the news reports about the financial dealings of the Clinton Foundation.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

The GOP race remains tight, but some candidates have benefited from their entry into the race more than others. Overall, though, Hillary Clinton continues to dominate.

With no real opponents in the race for the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton has no reason to rush getting into the race.

Former Senator Jim Webb is the first Democrat to kinda, sorta, throw his hat into the ring for 2016.

Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.

Despite the conciliatory language after Tuesday, it’s unlikely that much will change in Washington in the next two years.

The former Virginia Senator is talking about running for President.

Self-described socialist Bernie Sanders is contemplating an independent run for the presidency.

A prairie populist challenger for Hillary Clinton?

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

Mr. Paul Goes To Washington.