Outside the Beltway

Billy Graham was the son of a North Carolina farmer who grew up to become a counselor to Presidents, Prime Ministers, and even a Queen.

Most Americans are unlikely to remember John Anderson, but he was a harbinger of things to come.

There’s already speculation that former Vice-President Biden might try for a third run at the White House, but it seems unlikely.

Hillary Clinton’s national campaign wasn’t nearly as well-organized as we’d been led to believe.

Donald Trump now has enough delegates to win the Republican nomination on the first ballot.

Donald Trump’s win last night made him the presumptive Republican nominee, whether Republicans will unify around him is another question.

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

Donald Trump is complaining about a ‘rigged’ delegate selection process, but the truth is that the fault lies with only one person, Donald Trump.

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.

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

Donald Trump takes opposition to abortion to a new, extreme, level.

A big night in the Republican race for President leaves Donald Trump as the only candidate realistically situated to be anywhere near a majority of delegates by the time the primaries end in June.

When all is said and done, Super Tuesday Part Two is likely to put Hillary Clinton significantly closer to being the inevitable Democratic nominee.

A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.

A month after raising $6,000,000 for “the troops,,” questions are being asked about where the money Donald Trump raised for veterans causes actually is at this point.

This year’s Nevada Caucuses are a good argument for why there should not be any more caucuses.

Donald Trump won his third contest in a row in Nevada, putting him one step closer to inevitability.

Donald Trump hasn’t hit the point of inevitability yet, but time is running short if Republicans are going to stop him.

Tonight’s results in South Carolina could have a significant impact on the race going forward. (Plus, a projection)

Hillary Clinton still has a massive lead in South Carolina, and in the Super Tuesday states that follow.

One week before the South Carolina Primary, the remaining Republican candidates for President clashed in a headed debate.

Donald Trump says he might sue Ted Cruz over his citizenship if Cruz continues attacking him.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is officially dropping out of the race for President.

Donald Trump is back on top, but the field below him remains as confused as ever.

Bernie Sanders scored a big win in New Hampshire, as most people expected, but the look ahead still tells us that Hillary Clinton will eventually be the Democratic nominee for President.

Unless the polls are very wrong, it looks to be a good night for Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Beyond that, there’s a lot that’s still up in the air.

Observations, questions, and some toastosity.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign and its supporters seem to be getting frustrated by the fact that younger women are seemingly more interested in her opponent than in her.

Marco Rubio was the man in the cross hairs in last night’s Republican debate.

With the Vermont Senator holding a seemingly insurmountable lead in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders and HIllary Clinton clashed last night in their most contentious debate yet.

Donald Trump continues to lead, while Marco Rubio surges, in the first polls out of New Hampshire since the Iowa Caucuses.

Ben Carson cut his campaign staff drastically just a month after raising more than $22 million. Another sign of a dead campaign.

Reports of discrepancies in the counting of ballots in the Democratic Caucus in Iowa reveal yet again why the caucus process is outdated and ought to be abandoned.

Six months ago, there were seventeen candidates for the 2016 Republican nomination. Now, the race is effectively down to three candidates.

Hillary Clinton eked out the narrowest of wins in Iowa, but now she’s headed to New Hampshire where Bernie Sanders holds a seemingly insurmountable lead in the polls.

Ted Cruz won, Marco Rubio surged into a stronger than expected third place, and Donald Trump was humbled just a little bit, but he was hardly a “loser.” The race for the GOP nomination has begun for real.

With just over a week to go, the New Hampshire primary is being dominated by a bombastic New York celebrity and a septuagenarian Vermont socialist.

The final Des Moines Register poll before Caucus Night shows Donald Trump leading the GOP field, and Hillary Clinton with a narrow lead over Bernie Sanders, but much of the final outcome will depend on who shows up for the respective party caucuses.

More email headaches for the Clinton campaign, but it remains unclear if any wrongdoing occurred.

Without Trump, the seventh Republican debate largely focused on Ted Cruz, who doesn’t seem to have done himself any favors. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will likely not pay any price at all for skipping the last pre-Iowa debate.

Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen are leaving after a dispute with their chief investor.

The first debate after the Iowa Caucuses will have fewer participants than past debates, and there will be no undercard debate.

With less than a week to go before the Iowa Caucuses, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting a closely-pitched battle that will depend largely on turnout.

With less than a week to go before voting starts, Donald Trump continues to dominate the GOP race, with Ted Cruz the only candidate even close to looking like a viable challenger.

After grabbing a lead at the end of last year, Ted Cruz has seen Donald Trump completely reverse fortunes in Iowa with just one week to go before voting starts.