Outside the Beltway

The 2016 Republican Convention is barely halfway over, but some Republicans are already looking ahead to 2020.

A look at the state of the race before the two party conventions begin.

Truth? Donald Trump can’t handle the truth.

A third major ISIS-inspired or planned attack in three weeks.

Vice-President Gingrich? Really?

If anything, the Trump campaign is going to provide some interesting data for future political scientists who study campaigns.

Californians are set to vote on marijuana legalization in November and, this time, it looks like it will pass.

Hillary Clinton holds solid leads over Donald Trump in seven battleground states.

Republican officials are running away from Donald Trump the way they’d run away from a horde of mosquitoes infected with the Zika virus.

The Supreme Court has handed down a major abortion rights ruling that reaffirms the central reasoning of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, and makes it less likely that Roe will ever be overturned.

Many pundits are arguing that the victory for ‘Leave’ presages good news for Trump in November, but there’s no reason to believe that.

Donald Trump has a steep hill to climb to reverse a quarter century trend.

Marco Rubio changes his mind, and drops the first hint that he’s already thinking about the Presidential race in 2020 or 2024.

National tragedies, whether man-made or natural disasters, used to bring Americans together. Now they just seem to pull Americans apart.

Donald Trump has almost no cash on hand. That doesn’t bode well for his campaign going forward.

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

Marco Rubio may be running for re-election to the Senate after all.

A new poll shows that public opinion about Donald Trump is at the lowest point its been since he entered the race. That bodes poorly for Trump, and for the the political party that has chosen to nominate him for President.

Hillary Clinton easily won the final contest of the 2016 primary season, and the Clinton-Sanders reconciliation dance began.

Donald Trump responded to the attack on the Pulse nightclub by renewing his call to ban members of an entire religion from coming to the United States.

An overnight shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida has left 20 people dead and at least 42 injured.

The Who Moved My Cheese? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Closer to making history.

An increasing number of Republican politicians are finding reasons to skip the Republican National Convention.

Some of the GOP’s top donors still aren’t sold on Donald Trump.

Even as it becomes more and more apparent that he cannot win the Democratic nomination for President, Bernie Sanders is not letting up on his rhetoric against the leadership of the party he claims he’ll support in November.

It’s not going to happen.

Several recent polls have shown the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightening, but it likely means far less than the media hype makes it sound like.

With Donald Trump now destined to become the GOP nominee, some Republican insiders are trying to put together another ‘too little, too late’ strategy to stop him.

Even before the 2016 convention, Republicans are talking about possible rules changes to stop another Trump-like candidate in 2020 or beyond.

A first look at the Electoral College paints a very grim picture for Donald Trump and the GOP.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

Several top Republicans have already said that they would not accept a position on a ticket with Donald Trump, so who might he choose?

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

Another round of victories puts Donald Trump another step closer to the Republican nomination.

In a huge step forward for criminal justice reform, Virginia’s Governor has restored voting rights for some 200,000 people who have paid their debt to society.

The two men most likely to win the Republican nomination aren’t very well liked outside the Republican Party.

Another historic launch and return by SpaceX.

Ted Cruz pulled off a win in Wisconsin, giving some hope to the “Stop Trump” crowd.

For most Americans, the debate over same-sex marriage is over and marriage equality has won. This would not, however, include the social conservatives who continue to have a much too vocal role in the Republican Party.

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are locked in battle in a primary that could decide whether or not Donald Trump can get a majority of delegates prior to the GOP Convention.

Putting Donald Trump at the top of the ticket would likely lead to an Electoral College disaster for Republicans.

There are some signs of hope out of Wisconsin for those trying to stop Donald Trump.

The 2016 Campaign just keeps getting weirder.

Bernie Sanders swept the Western Caucuses on Saturday, but Hillary Clinton remains in control in the delegate count.

Ohio Governor John Kasich cannot win a majority of delegates at this point, but he’s still resisting calls to drop out of the race.

One week after Marco Rubio left the race, Donald Trump’s hold on the lead in the GOP Presidential race seems as solid as ever.

If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, the GOP may have more to worry about than losing the White House and the Senate.

With Donald Trump inching closer to a delegate majority with each primary, it’s obvious that GOP insiders have no idea how to stop Donald Trump.