Outside the Beltway

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

A parody of a joke.

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

Joementum.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

More Americans are out of work than at any time since the Great Depression.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

Who knew?

The longtime talking head is the latest poster boy for #MeToo. And mandatory retirement.

The Iowa winner and New Hampshire runner-up has acknowledged the inevitable.

Joe Biden won with every group imaginable—and some that were unimaginable.

Creepy misinformation? Or just lame?

The mega-billionaire commits to a path quite different from the fake billionaire currently in office.

The media coverage continues on script.

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

It’s time to start speculating about a brokered convention again,even though it probably isn’t going to happen.

History shows us that candidates who enter the race for President late rarely do well, and rarely manage to win.

What started out as a joke on the campaign trail has turned into a serious legal argument being made to a Federal Judge by an attorney for the President.

A Federal Judge rejected the President’s effort to block a New York City prosecutor from obtaining copies of his tax returns.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

The oldest living former President has some reflections on age and the strains of the office.

She decries swanky fundraisers and big money donors while benefiting from both.

Democrat Jon Ossoff has thrown his hat in the ring to challenge David Perdue for Georgia’s Senate seat in 2020.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

The Trump Administration and 2020 campaign are clearly worried about the state of the economy. They should be, because it could be the one thing that dooms his re-election chances.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by a Kentucky teenager alleging he had been defamed by the coverage of his confrontation with a Native American man in January.

There’s an inherent tension in our national ethos.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument yesterday in a case that could radically impact health care coverage for millions of Americans.

Later today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear argument in a case that could upend the Affordable Care Act.

While significantly more Americans disapprove of his job performance than approve, recovery is still possible.

Should the pundit class look more like America?

A new poll of Texas voters shows President Trump doing worse than expected against potential Democratic challengers. Should Republicans be worried?

Some 2020 Democratic hopefuls are turning to a surprising source for counsel.

The problem is with our politics, not our institutions.

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

Did I leave the Republican Party or did it leave me? Both.

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.

Larry Sabato lays out a quite plausible path.

Bernie Sanders and other advocates focus on insurance companies and drug companies. But that’s not where the money is.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination