Outside the Beltway

More good news for Joe Biden, this time out of South Carolina.

Stacey Abrams, best known for losing the race for Governor of Georgia in 2018, is still apparently thinking of getting in the race. Her chances seem slim at best.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.

There’s a lot of talk right now about “electability.” but what the heck does it mean?

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest entrant into the race for the Democratic nomination for President, and the field isn’t done growing.

The narrow loser of the Georgia governor’s race has left open the possibility of running for President.

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.

Trump campaign officials are worried about the President’s chances of holding onto a state that was crucial to his win in 2020. They should be.

The Supreme Court has agreed to accept a group of cases dealing with the issue of whether or not existing civil rights laws bar discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

Princeton historian Sean Wilentz lays to rest a pernicious idea propagated by . . . Princeton historian Sean Wilentz.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

The woman famous for losing the Georgia governor’s race is eyeing a bigger job.

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

Last week, the House passed two bills to strengthen the laws regarding background checks for guns, but they’re not likely to even make it to the floor of the Senate.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

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

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

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.

Thanks mostly to it’s complete and enthusiastic embrace of Donald Trump , the Republican Party faces a bleak demographic future.

Walter Jones, a former supporter of the Iraq War who became one of the most prominent anti-war voices in Congress, has passed away at the age of 76. He will be missed.

The former Attorney General is seriously pondering a presidential bid. Seriously.

The Senate rejected Republican and Democratic proposals as expected but there are some signs of movement forward.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

The Senate overwhelmingly passed major reforms in Federal sentencing and related laws. As the name of the bill implies, it’s a first step, but a good first step.

Trump has selected current Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff, but that’s unlikely to change how the West Wing operates.

Senator Mitch McConnell and others are blocking a criminal justice reform bill currently pending in the Senate.

President Trump’s first choice to replace John Kelly as Chief of Staff turned the job down, leading one to wonder why anyone would want the job.

William Barr, who served as Attorney General under President George H.W. Bush, has been selected to replace Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

An effort by the Federal Government to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange raises serious First Amendment issues.

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

Donald Trump is engaging in another round of baseless and bizarre conspiracy theories about alleged voter fraud.

Trump, Scott, and their allies are not doing America any favors.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

Today in bad columns.

The issues are different than in Florida or Arizona, but the Georgia Governor’s race remains unresolved as Stacey Abrams hopes to find enough votes to force the race into a runoff.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

In addition to winning back the House, Democrats also made gains in Governor’s races.

As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.

The 2018 midterms were mostly about Donald Trump. The results were idiosyncratic.

Tip O’Neill was famous for once having advised his fellow Democrats that “all politics is local.” That’s not true anymore, and that’s unfortunate.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

Partisan officials should not be in charge of state election processes, much less their own.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s name may be unfamiliar, but he’s looking to change that.

Newt Gingrich has endorsed President Trump’s use of the rhetoric of Josef Stalin to attack the American news media.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly developing an explanation for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi that defies credulity.