Outside the Beltway

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The first shoe has dropped.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

The Vietnam War hero and one-term Georgia Senator has died at 79.

Continuing and expanding on thoughts from the previous post.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

Another R/D cleavage?

Some people claim there’s a woman to blame.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

A powerful symbol has been robbed of its significance.

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

The 94-year-old legend is finally getting his due.

It’s undemocratic and we should get rid of it. But doing so isn’t a panacea.

The lack of common understandings and shared assumptions makes political conversations challenging.

The annual gathering showed us what the Republican Party would become years ago.

Most Americans have never even heard of it.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

A One Act Play

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

An unconvincing attack on the Democratic position.

The Toddler-in-Chief strikes again.

Joe Biden has either narrowed down his choice for running mate down to two women or he hasn’t.

Every Democratic woman seems to be under consideration.

Dan Drezner makes an interesting comparison.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

It’s a reasonable question but not the right one.

Iowa and New Hampshire voters are changing the perception of the race.

A recurring source of friction in the OTB conversation.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

The 45th President polls worse than other prominent Republicans.

The 2016 frontrunners at this stage won their nominations easily. But that’s often not the case.

Last night, Trump decided it would be a good idea to attack a dead Congressman and his widow.

Lindsey Graham is the latest Senator to make clear that he’s already made up his mind on impeachment.

Donald Trump proves once again that there are no boundaries he won’t cross.

Some reports are indicating that Joe Biden’s campaign is considering making a pledge that he would only serve a single term if elected. This would be a mistake.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

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

Another bad night for Republicans in Virginia, and another warning sign for Republicans nationally.

Facing a cash crunch, Kamala Harris is shedding campaign staff and cutting spending. This seldom ends well.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly is posing a big challenge to Senator Martha McSally in Arizona.

Republicans face a choice. Do they put their country first, or do they put their President first?

The liberal notion that people are persuadable through airing of ideas is obsolete.