Outside the Beltway

As widely expected, yesterday’s “jungle primary” in the Louisiana Governor’s race ended with nobody winning a majority.

The liberal notion that people are persuadable through airing of ideas is obsolete.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in he middle of an historic American scandal, and with a new nickname.

Just so we all know it isn’t just the US suffering a crisis of leadership…

Late last week, a Federal Judge blocked a California law requiring candidates for President and other offices to make copies of their tax returns public.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

New York City’s Mayor ends a campaign that was going nowhere.

Far-left Democrats in Arizona want to punish Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema for being exactly the kind of Senator she said she’d be when she ran for office a year ago.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, already facing a rough re-election battle is now dealing with a blackface controversy.

While some 135 House Democrats have endorsed impeaching the President, most other Democrats on Capitol Hill are not supporting the idea. And neither is Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

At last week’s debate, Beto O’Rourke handed Republicans and gun rights advocates a nicely wrapped gift with his claim that he would seize guns from otherwise law-abiding Americans.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.

Is social media making it harder for Democrats to nominate a winning candidate?

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

Canada is headed for a new election at the end of October as Justin Trudeau finds his government daling with a scandal.

This evening ten Democratic candidates for President, including all of the front runners, appear on stage together for the third debate of the 2020 election cycle.

One of the giants of the progressive blogosphere is going away.

To listen to the meda, Joe Biden’s recent gaffes and malapropisms are a major story. For regular Americans, though, they don’t seem to matter.

The Democratic National Committee is moving to block efforts by the state parties in Iowa and Nevada to open up the caucus process to more participants, citing security issues.

Kirsten Gillibrand has dropped out of a Presidential race few people realized she was in.

A new poll shows Joe Biden dropping significantly among national Democrats to the point where he is effectively tied with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Elizabeth Warren is rising tn the polls of the Democratic primary race, but one analyst argues she may be the perfect candidate….to help re-elect Donald Trump.

Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton is ending a Presidential bid that few people were paying attention to.

Republican candidates are lining up to take on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez even though the odds of a Republican winning in her district are essentially zero.

Republicans from around the country want Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to run for Senate in Kansas. Because they’re afraid they can’t win without him.

Mark Kelly, and the Democratic Party, got some good news in the latest Senate poll out of Arizona.

President Trump just tossed a hand grenade into the firestorm that American politics.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts could be facing a big challenge in 2020.

Is the left unwittingly fueling a reactionary moment?

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

The 76-year-old Democratic frontrunner’s penchant for gaffes is raising questions about his fitness to govern.

More than half of the House Democratic Caucus has endorsed impeachment, but that’s unlikely to cause Nancy Pelosi to move off her current position.

Embattled Governor Ricardo A. Rosselló has stepped down but succession issues surround the man who took the oath of office late yesterday.

Future debates among the 2020 Democratic candidates are likely to have fewer participants. That’s a good thing.

As was the case a month ago, Vice-President Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were the focus of last night’s debate. Things turned out very differently, though.

Justice Ginsburg has some kind words for her two newest co-workers, perhaps to the surprise of many of Ginsburg’s own supporters.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

The House Democratic Caucus is becoming more divided on the issue of moving forward with impeachment.

The House Judiciary Committee is seeking to obtain the material presented to a Federal Grand Jury by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Even a Fox News poll finds that the American public finds the President’s recent rhetoric to be racist. There’s a different picture when you look at his supporters, though.

Robert Mueller didn’t provide a smoking gun yesterday, but the President and his supporters are wrong to claim that the hearing vindicated the President.

The DNC has $9.3 million to the RNC’s $44 million.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

Beto O’Rourke’s campaign for President is going nowhere fast and he has only a small amount of time to stop the slide.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a challenger. Much like 2014, though, it’s far too early to start writing his political obituary.