Outside the Beltway

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other firebrands aren’t steering the ship. Yet.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

There’s some very good news for Joe Biden in the first polls taken after he entered the Presidential race.

Despite seemingly ideal conditions, Green Mountain Care was an absolute debacle.

A new poll shows President Trump struggling against four of his potential 2020 challengers. Should Republicans be worried and Democrats elated? It’s too early to tell.

A new poll finds that most Americans do not support impeaching the President at this time, but they also don’t believe the President on the issues of Russian interference and obstruction.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

Pete Buttigieg is in the top three in a recent poll of New Hampshire Democratic primary voters, but can it last?

A deep dive into typography and naming choices.

Pete Buttigieg is getting a lot of attention for a relatively unknown candidate. but it’s unclear if it can last.

Cory Booker’s message of unity isn’t going over well with Democratic voters eager for a fight.

There’s a lot of money already chasing the 2020 presidential election.

So far, Beto O’Rourke’s campaign has been far more about image than substance.

It’s still early in the 2020 cycle, but Democratic candidate are finding rally attendees focused on one thing. Beating Donald Trump.

“We have to be careful in balancing big dreams and bold ideas with also recognizing that typically change happens in steps.”

As many states contemplate restoring voting rights to felons who have completed their sentence, a leading Democrat wants to go further.

Senate Republicans are pushing for the end of minority obstruction—and the Democrats can’t wait.

Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris are leading the field and Pete Bittigieg is doing surprisingly well.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

After a flood of stories saying the former Vice President is unsuitable for the modern era, the inevitable pushback is happening.

The early frontrunner for the Democratic nomination is drawing fire from multiple fronts. It may destroy his candidacy before it begins.

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

It’s possible to conclude that Pete Buttigieg is smarter than Elizabeth Warren for reasons having nothing to do with sex.

David Gergen lives in a fantasy world.

Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?

Democratic candidates for President are quickly voicing support for marijuana legalization.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

For the fourth time since the 2008 election cycle, Michael Bloomberg flirted with the idea of running for President. For the fourth time, he declined to do so.

We won’t have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the latest entrant into an already crowded Democratic field.

In a two-hour rant before an adoring crowd of CPAC sycophants. President Trump displayed everything wrong with him and his Presidency.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden isn’t officially running for President yet, but says his family is on board if he does.

The Texas Congressman has decided to forgo another Senate bid and instead focus his energies elsewhere.

The populist Democrat won’t be hosting fundraising dinners. Until the general election campaign, at least.

And I’d still prefer her to Donald Trump.

Literally no current candidate for President has a net favorable opinion rating.

At this early stage of the Democratic race, it doesn’t appear that voters care very much about the controversy surrounding Elizabeth Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry.

For now,former President Obama is staying on the sidelines in the race for the Democratic nomination.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

Gender bias is real. Most examples cited, though, aren’t.

Faced with a field that could be more crowded than the Republican field in 2016, Democrats have come up with a different solution to the rather obvious problem of debate scheduling.

It’s far too early, but Joe Biden’s advantages in these polls of Democratic voters can’t be ignored.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest entrant into an already crowded field for the Democratic nomination.

Elizabeth Warren still hasn’t figured out how to put the ‘Native American’ issue behind her.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

Bret Stephens on Howard Schultz

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.