Outside the Beltway

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

And, not surprisingly, about parties.

A perennial fantasy has a new standard bearer.

Virginia’s governor has raised a ton of money.

“Red States” and “Blue State”

The lunatic fringe idea is both appealing and unworkable.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

Some GOP governors are taking a stance against Trump.

Two popular Republican governors have declined a chance to join the World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.

The pandemic seems to have broken the social contract.

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

Trump needs them both.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

The trend line shifted this week.

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

Jo Rae Perkins may be a nut, but she won a four-person primary.

Republicans in general and Donald Trump in particular suffered a big loss in the Kentucky Governor’s race.

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

What happened to “building a lasting relationship within the African American community”?

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

The latest entry in the unity third party presidential candidate genre is just as bad as they always are.

Election Day 2018 saw Republican representation in the New Jersey Congressional Delegation nearly entirely decimated.

While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.

In an ordinary year with an ordinary candidate New Jersey should be a slam dunk for Democrats. This, however, is not an ordinary year.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

With the Democratic Primary just days away, Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic challenger in New York is making headlines thanks to a rather odd culinary choice.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez continues to lead in the polls, but his lead is far from secure.

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is running for a third term under a dark ethical cloud. That probably won’t matter.

New York and several other states have filed an incredibly dubious lawsuit against the Republican’s new tax law.

A new poll lends credence to the suggestion that Democrats should be careful about rallying behind the call to “Abolish ICE.”

Convicted leaker Chelsea Manning lost a bid for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Maryland, to the surprise of nobody.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s celebrity challenger doesn’t appear to be going anywhere.

Hillary Clinton isn’t running for anything in 2018, but that isn’t stopping Republicans from running against her.

The GOP’s potential troubles in 2018 don’t just exist at the Congressional level.

As expected, Minnesota’s Governor has named his Lt. Governor to replace Al Franken in the Senate.

Al Franken’s Senate career reaches its inevitable end.

To nobody’s surprise, a blue state returns to its roots.

It has become necessary to destroy the party in order to save it.