Outside the Beltway

The wrong people are choosing the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee.

Unprecedented spending since leaving City Hall has put him in a unique position.

The precise distribution of 41 measly delegates is now known. Unless there’s a recount.

The caucus tallies are so riddled with errors that the DNC is calling for a recount.

He’s tanned, rested, and ready. But it ain’t happening.

Proposed mid-stream changes could help Bloomberg, hurt Sanders, and divide the party.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

The paper of record endorsed both Warren and Klobuchar

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.

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

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

Kamala Harris didn’t fail because of her race, she failed because she was a bad candidate.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

Especially Senate inaction.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

And another one gone, another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks ready to jump ship in favor of a run for Senate,

The final two witnesses in this week’s public hearings before the House Intelligence Committee reduced the Republican talking points in the President’s defense looking as absurd as they have always been.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden continues to hold a strong lead in South Carolina even while slipping in other early states.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

Mike Bloomberg is apparently entering the race for the Democratic nomination.

Virginia voters don’t like Donald Trump, or Republicans in general, very much right now, and that could translate into Democrats taking control of the state legislature for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

Senator Elizabeth Warren released a more detailed version of her ‘Medicare For All” plan late last week. It leaves much to be desired.

With Pete Buttigieg rising in the polls, but underperforming among African-Americans, some are wondering if his sexual orientation is holding him back.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Greg Mankiw, an economist who served as a top adviser to Mitt Romney and George W. Bush, is officially no longer a Republican

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who is basically a non-entity in the race for the Democratic nomination, will not be running for re-election.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

Justin Trudeau lost his majority but will still hold on to power in Canada, the question is how long it will last.

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

It’s Election Day in Canada and the outcome is far from certain.

An iconic and honorable Member of Congress has passed away.

Not surprisingly, AOC is getting behind Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic nomination.

It’s not the responsibility of the opposition party to make up for Donald Trump.

Michael Bloomberg is reportedly reconsidering his decision not to run for President.

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.

Tulsi Gabbard, who managed to qualify for tomorrow’s fourth Democratic debate after missing out on the third, is threatening to boycott what may be her last chance to make her case to a national audience.