Outside the Beltway

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

Let’s just say Rasmussen is an extreme outlier.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

After weeks of evasion, the frontrunner hints at a compromise policy.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

Having the topic of political reform start to seep into pop culture is a good thing.

A look at several models.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Definitions are fun, right?

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

More on SCOTUS expansion and other issues.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A defense of the indefensible.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

A potentially catastrophic delay has been averted.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

A pleasant surprise.

A party-line vote may scuttle mail-in voting in a crucial swing state.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?

Our screwy electoral system requires thinking about screwy scenarios.

Media bias is real, but it isn’t what many claim it to be.

Yet more flouting of the rule of law by the Trump administration.

Anonymous bullshit from the New York Post.

Some recommended reading.

The Republicans are putting on quite a show.

An appeal to some pretty basic virtues.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.

Ok, so what should change?

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

My latest for Defense One.

We’ve removing mail sorting machines just in time for mail-in voting.

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

What would a reborn GOP look like and who would vote for it?

The Russians are at it again, with the cooperation of the Trump administration and its enablers.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

McConnell and McCarthy both reject the notion of a delay.

Trump’s irresponsibility continues.

It’s just not immediate.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.