Outside the Beltway

A hypothetical spoiler for 2024? (Stress on “hypothetical”).

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

Truth is not an absolute defense against termination.

The left and right are attacking basic rights. But not equally.

Being against something just isn’t enough.

The last original member of Lynryd Skynyrd has died.

The popular former Republican governor of Maryland has correctly assessed his chances.

Some Democrats are angry!

Another poll showing the same thing as the other polls.

As tired as we may be of him, his nominating electorate appears ready for another round.

A no-brainer that’s brainless.

How dare people who paid for a cut-rate degree claim they paid for the good one?

Inane, effective, and part of a far broader ideological debate.

Leftovers from last week and over the weekend.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

Some numbers from the Emerson poll.

It’s becoming a sad joke.

Some stories worth noting but not at great length.

Open access to party labels has consequences.

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

After 15 votes and innumerable concessions, Kevin McCarthy is nominally in charge of the House of Representatives.

After two days of futility, a deal is coming together to make futility permanent.

Just when you thought they couldn’t get more incompetent.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

Republicans are dying at a much higher rate than Democrats.

The ball is now in Merrick Garland’s court.

The President will be the 2024 Democratic nominee. Get used to it.

He is so close.

Is this how the cult ends?

The late Chief Justice was right; his successors are wrong.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

Contrary to a Politico headline, the GOP response to Trump’s anti-constitution talk continues to underwhelm.

Spoiler alert: the GOP has already failed this test multiple times.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

A watershed moment in the prosecutions of the Capitol Rioters.

The Attorney General can’t please everyone, so he’s got to please himself.

Localities are consolidating local elections to coincide with national ones. Some don’t like that.

The margins for 2024 are likely to be slim. But that hides a larger story.

The lines aren’t everything, but they need more attention than they get.

The ship is abandoning the sinking rat.

Alas, it probably doesn’t matter.

The re-election campaign is quietly forming but don’t expect an announcement any time soon.

Some of the early reactions to the inevitable announcement tell the tale.

Covering the coverage.

We used to (usually) know the results on Election Night because the outcomes were clearer.

How long did we wait in 2000?

Well, kind of, but not really.