Outside the Beltway

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

A policy-leaning wing and a political-leaning wing make for an unworkable coalition.

Democratic politicians are lining up behind the octogenarian President.

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

Mitch McConnell and other senior Republican Senators foolishly believed their colleagues would do the right thing.

Anyone familiar with Betteridge’s law of headlines knows where this is going.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

Two progressives enter. One progressive leaves.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

The 76-year-old Democratic frontrunner’s penchant for gaffes is raising questions about his fitness to govern.

Reports yesterday had former Vice-President Biden entering the Presidential field as early as tomorrow. Those plans appear to be delayed. but an an announcement still appears to be coming.

National and Virginia Democratic officials are calling on Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign over racist photos in his 1984 medical school yearbook.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Republicans are raising the fear of impeachment to motivate a base that could become disaffected heading into November.

Repeated studies have demonstrated their bias against women and minorities. Why do we use them to make employment decisions?

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

Clinton stumbles and leaves an event early, leading to the news that her campaign has been withholding health information from the press.

Many pundits are arguing that the victory for ‘Leave’ presages good news for Trump in November, but there’s no reason to believe that.

The second place finisher in the Republican primaries is looking like the first loser.

If last night’s debate is any indication, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is about to get much more aggressive in its critique of Bernie Sanders.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will be entering the race for President later this month, but it’s unclear if his recent turn to the hard right will help him or hurt him.

Just as his political star is rising among conservatives, Scott Walker is walking back his previous support for immigration reform.

Third-party candidates in several states could end up having a big say in the battle for control of the Senate.

Accusations of blame are already being tossed around about why Republicans lost in Virginia, and they mirror a broader debate in the Republican Party nationally.

The GOP is going to have to come up with a lot more than just age if they end up facing off against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The former Utah governor will almost certainly never be the GOP nominee. But someone like him will be soon.

Does Ron Paul’s second place showing at Ames mean the media should take him seriously as a contender? No, it doesn’t.

Newt Gingrich’s entire senior presidential staff has resigned.

Over the past two days, Sarah Palin has become the center of the media firestorm over the tragic shootings in Arizona, she doesn’t belong there.

Sarah Palin is causing headaches among fellow Republicans regarding her 2010 endorsement activities.

Sarah Palin is at the center of a divide within the GOP that could become larger even as the GOP comes closer to regaining control of Congress.