Outside the Beltway

A useful insight from the former late night comic.

The “Biden must pick a black woman” plea may be masking a different agenda.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

The Democratic wagons continue to circle around Biden.

He’s repelling the people he needs to mount a comeback.

Nate Silver now gives Biden an 87% chance of winning the nomination outright.

It doesn’t look like the Progressive wing is uniting any time soon.

The inevitable has happened.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

A quick follow-up.

The wagons have been circled.

The races are more alike—and yet more different—than we seem to remember.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

Not a great night for the former New York major. But he still has $54.5 billion to comfort him.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

The final delegate count may well be skewed.

The Iowa winner and New Hampshire runner-up has acknowledged the inevitable.

The women, minority, and non-geriatric candidates have been all but eliminated from the race.

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

The 78-year-old is the Comeback Kid. And the only chance of preventing a Bernie Sanders nomination.

He’s campaigning in her home state and Amy Klobuchar’s, too. And may win both.

The similarities are rather obvious. But the differences matter.

If the current polls are right, the race will be all but over in five days.

CBS did a lousy job.

There’s a disturbing pattern of misogyny from his supporters.

There’s no way to catch him in a six-candidate field.

We’re going to make history one way or another in November.

Competing in fourteen states plus overseas territories in one day is expensive.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

The clear winner was Donald Trump.

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

Do gay candidates have a special obligation to be leftists?

Could the fevered dream really come true?

Two early frontrunners are being written off.

We now have five candidates in double-digits.

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are changing the perception of the race.

The math compelled it. But he outlasted several better-known candidates.

Biden’s support is in decline. But it’s not clear that Buttigieg is getting an Iowa bounce.

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