Outside the Beltway

It has become necessary to destroy the party in order to save it.

News outlets are suddenly finding out that Trump was a cad in 2005. Film at 11.

Donald Trump is facing potential trouble in a state that has gone for a Democrat only twice since the end of World War II.

Some early musings on a political fantasy that’s less implausible than it was 12 hours ago.

Damon Linker writes, “Millions of people disagree with your political views. That doesn’t make them moral monsters.”

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Judging 2016 by historical standards hasn’t worked out well thus far.

The GOP civil war continues…..

Another poll confirms that Virginia is firmly in the pocket of Hillary Clinton.

Donald Trump continues to be Donald Trump. Which is quickly turning into a political disaster.

Of course Donald Trump responded to a Gold Star Father in the worst possible way.

If Donald Trump actually became President, would he really do the work, or just delegate it to others? An anecdote from the campaign trail makes one wonder.

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

Donald Trump completed his unlikely journey to the Republican Presidential Nomination last night, but he the party he now leads remains divided.

I haven’t yet watched any of the 2016 Republican National Convention but the first day was a beauty.

Despite a year of utter failure, one group of Republicans apparently still thinks they can deny Donald Trump the Republican nomination.

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

George Will isn’t just refusing to vote for Donald Trump, he’s leaving the GOP entirely

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

A small group of Republican delegates is apparently discussing yet another quixotic effort to deny Donald Trump the nomination.

Republican leaders and politicians continue to distance themselves from their party’s presumptive nominee.

With top Republicans recoiling from the realization that the GOP is stuck with Trump in 2016, the ground seems to be being prepared for a conflict that could tear the GOP apart regardless of who wins in November.

The relatively unknown candidate that Bill Kristol floated as the “Never Trump” alternative has announced he’s not running for President.

After initially expressing doubts about his candidacy, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has lined up behind Donald Trump.

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

Bill Kristol’s plan to stop Donald Trump involves a long shot independent bid for the White House by someone most Americans have never heard of before.

With Republicans in Trump-induced disarray, Libertarians are meeting to pick their nominee and the hope that 2016 could be the year their party finally gets the attention it has craved for four decades.

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.

In the immortal words of the Fonz, I was wr-wr-wr-wr . . . not exactly right.

In a rational universe somewhere, John Kasich is preparing to become the de facto Republican nominee for President. In ours, he’s dropping out in favor of Donald Trump.

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

The results from today’s Indiana Primary will go a long way toward setting the course for the end of both party’s nomination fights.

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

Donald Trump seems poised for another solid victory in Indiana tomorrow, while the effort to stop him from winning a majority of delegates looks to be running out of options.

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

In an unprecedented move that reeks of desperation, Ted Cruz is naming Carly Fiorina as his running mate before the primary process has even ended.

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

To the surprise of no one, the alliance between Ted Cruz and John Kasich is already falling apart.

With voters in five states set to go to the polls, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to make significant progress toward their quest for a majority of delegates in their respective contests.

The passage of a new law in North Carolina has revealed an apparent obsession among some on the right with who gets to use which restroom.

Ted Cruz and John Kasich have come up with yet another plan to stop Donald Trump.

As expected, Donald Trump scored a huge victory in his home state last night and now appears to be back on track to win the GOP nomination.

As the Empire State votes, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton look well positioned to have a very good night.

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

With just over a week to go, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have solid leads in New York.

If Donald Trump fails to get a majority to win the nomination on the first ballot in Cleveland, battles taking place behind the scenes now suggest that the floor fight in Cleveland could be long and contentious.

A new poll finds that Donald Trump is really, really disliked by voters, but it’s unclear how much that will matter going forward.

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