Outside the Beltway

Hope is not a COA.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.

Voting isn’t just about candidates.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

Candidate quality can matter.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

A new book raises fundamental questions about how far journalistic objectivity should extend.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

A lot of folks who study democracy have sent an open letter to Congress.

Manipulating public opinion with dubious survey research.

He’s proposed a bill with no chance of passage seemingly timed to hurt his own party in the midterms.

An impasse over schedule flexibility could have widespread impact.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Roberts may not like it, but SCOTUS is political and does have a legitimacy problem.

And a reminder about Bannon’s wall grift.

More details from the Alaska special election.

For the first time in a long time, Presidential approval numbers and voter preferences aren’t’ aligned.

Focusing just on a given election is missing the big picture.

President Biden had a meeting with some historians. The horrors.

What does objectivity mean in the Trump era?

The President delivered a rousing stump speech from Independence Hall.

Stuff from last week and over the weekend that might be of interest.

Gallup has him at his highest point in a year.

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

Are 20 arrests worth a $1.2 million dollar investment?

“Moderate” is up, “Liberal” is down, and “Conservative” is static. What does it mean?

The Trumper consolidation of their control of the GOP continues.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

They’re spending millions on issue ads in the wake of Dobbs.

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

A new meme started by Republican leaders is mostly false.

The former President and his supporters are crying “weaponization of the justice system.”

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

A proposal by Jamell Bouie

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Another example of why the filibuster needs to go.

The nature of American political reporting distorts our perception of reality.

He met with people. And, get this, with his father!