Outside the Beltway

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

The country is in peril.

An over-eager supporter or something more sinister?

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

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

The legal debates are unsettled but we can all agree that Rand Paul is a moron.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

Explaining the continuing cowardice of GOP Senators.

The transition is on pace despite President Trump’s best efforts.

The Pundit’s Fallacy meets opportunism.

The slow Alaska count came out as expected.

A One Act Play

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

Biden inches closer to 270.

10 more Electoral votes.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

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

Disconnected representation in action.

Up is down. Down is up.

A desperate re-election gambit that has no impact on the outcome.

The rules for counting votes matter.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The President has hit rock bottom.

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

A movement that has grown beyond recognition.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

The gaslighting will continue until morale improves.

The state of American debate is not strong.

As the President becomes less popular, there are signs he’s losing support from his co-partisans in Congress.

What if instead of the unit rule, states doled out electoral voter based on the proportion of votes each slate of electors received?

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Ego trumps all?

Nate Silver now gives Biden an 87% chance of winning the nomination outright.

Competing in fourteen states plus overseas territories in one day is expensive.

The primary season has just started. It is almost over.

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

New Jersey Congressman Jeff van Drew, elected just last year as a Democrat, is now a Republican.

After months of silence, Maine Senator Susan Collins has announced that she is running for a fifth term in office.

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

Anyone who doubts that Republicans would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 is being incredibly naive.

Many of the 2020 Democratic candidates for President are arguing that the caucus process itself is unfair and undemocratic. They’re right.

A big win for ranked-choice voting in the Big Apple as voters approve a referendum that will bring ranked-choice voting to the nation’s most populous city.

The next steps in the impeachment process are relatively easy to predict.