Outside the Beltway

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

The post really isn’t about Sinema as much as it about a theory of poltiics.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

Defense of the filibuster tend to be a combo of mistakes and mythology.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

Is the stimulus bill it for this administration?

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against ramming it through in the COVID relief bill.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

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

Far-left Democrats in Arizona want to punish Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema for being exactly the kind of Senator she said she’d be when she ran for office a year ago.

Controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was voted out of office in 2016 after serving six terms in office, is running to get his old job back.

Mark Kelly, and the Democratic Party, got some good news in the latest Senate poll out of Arizona.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Former Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Giffords, is running for Senate in Arizona against Martha McSally.

Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema will end up representing Arizona in the Senate together.

Jon Kyl was named to replace John McCain back in September, but as expected he’s already announcing that he’ll be leaving at the end of the year.

Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.

Democrats have flipped the Senate seat currently held by Republican Jeff Flake.

Arizona Democrat Kyrsten Sinema appears to be headed toward victory.

The Senate race in Arizona has been close since Election Night, but Democratic nominee Kyrsten Sinema has pulled ahead.

Whether as candidates or as voters, Democrats can thank women for many of their victories on Tuesday.

As expected, the midterm elections ended up being a split result that gives Democrats and Republicans alike reason to celebrate.

For better or worse, here are my projections for the midterm elections.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

With one week to go before Election Day, Democrats seem well-positioned to gain control of the House while Republicans seem likely to hold on to the Senate.

With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s looking like we’ll end up with a Congress divided between Democrats in the House and Republicans in the Senate.

With the primaries over, we can say that it’s been quite a successful year for women in politics.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

With Martha McSally pulling off a decisive win, Arizona Republicans managed to avoid the disaster that likely would have occurred had either Kelli Ward or Joe Arpaio won last night.

The midterm elections are still four months away, but Democrats are already making moves to prepare for the race for their party’s Presidential nomination in 2020.

A new poll out of Arizona gives Republicans some hope that they’ll be able to dodge the possibility of Joe Arpaio or Kelli Ward winning a primary to fill an already vulnerable seat.

After a period where Republicans seemed to be closing the gap, Democrats may be widening their lead heading into November.

Republicans are at least a bit more confident that they’ll hold on to the Senate this year.

Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

Will Joe Arpaio cause the GOP to lose an otherwise winnable Senate race?

Controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio is running for Senate in Arizona.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history when Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns Wednesday