Outside the Beltway

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

Too little, too late.

The slow Alaska count came out as expected.

The early reaction was premature.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

Fear of Donald Trump and his minions is making it hard for Republicans to answer a simple question.

Some agree with him. Many others are cowards. But there’s more to it.

As it has in so many other areas, the right has sacrificed it’s previously held beliefs on international trade to feckless obedience toward President Trump.

Another one bites the dust. And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust.

Steve King isn’t backing down from his history of white supremacy and racism. And he’s also running for re-election.

The confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee for Attorney General appeared to go very well, making confirmation essentially a certainty.

After twenty-five days, there’s no end in sight to the Federal Government shutdown. You can thank the President for that.

As the government shutdown enters through its twenty-fourth day, attention is shifting to Senate Republicans who could be pressured to break ranks and potentially force a resolution.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.

Mississippi’s Governor has chosen a replacement for Thad Cochran, but the White House isn’t too happy about the pick.

The Veepstakes continues.

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

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

The State Of The Union Address was more of the same, and the same will be true of Washington going forward.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

2014 was not supposed to be a wave election, but it clearly qualifies as one.

Time to look into the crystal ball.

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.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul continues to challenge Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy, and that’s a good thing.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Two weeks after it seemed to be tightening, there are signs the battle for control of the Senate may be moving in the GOP’s direction.

Republicans still have an advantage, but Democrats seem to be holding their own in the battle for Senate control.

So far at least, there is no evidence that 2014 will be a “wave election.”

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Signs continue to suggest that a GOP Senate takeover is likely.