Outside the Beltway

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

In this case, Rich Lowry’s.

Ultimately, it isn’t a very good one.

The way we elect Presidents make it unlikely that a third-party candidate like Howard Schultz could ever actually win the the Presidency.

George H.W. Bush,, who served his nation as a warrior, Congressman, Ambassador, Vice-President, and President, has died at the age of 94.

Barbara Bush, only the second woman in history to be the wife and mother of a U.S. President, has died at the age of 92.

Donald Trump is unlikely to ever be a popular President, but that may not matter.

The 44th President will make as for a one-hour speech as his old annual salary. Should we worry about that?

Janet Reno, who served as Attorney General for nearly all of the Bill Clinton Administration, has died at 78.

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.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Common Cause has filed a specious lawsuit alleging that the filibuster is unconstitutional.

Bachmann’s views on the Founders and slavery are more significant than simply a question of how to classify John Quincy Adams.

Bachmann doubles-down on a problematic historical claim.

Arnold Schwarzenegger predicts President Obama’s re-election. Historically, that’s the safe bet.

Could Mike Pence make the leap from the House of Representatives to the White House ? It’s possible, but history and the likely GOP field in 2012 suggest it would be very difficult.

Take a good look at that dollar coin, because you’re unlikely to see it circulation any time soon.