Outside the Beltway

The reaction to the pandemic has long since been about much more than the pandemic.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

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

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

An all-time boxing legend is gone.

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

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

Competing priorities.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Usually candidates don’t talk about how bad things are across the country while appealing to be re-elected.

An interesting but unlikely-to-pass bill is about to be introduced.

Injecting data into the conversation.

The official campaign to oust Donald Trump is off to a good start.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The President has hit rock bottom.

It’s much easier to fund bad information than good.

If you are wondering why masks are political, look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

Unintended consequences of a necessary policy.

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.

There’s very little upside.

The former VP is focused on beating Bernie Sanders but his team is looking ahead.

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

The inevitable has happened.

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

The wagons have been circled.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

A bad night for Bloomberg and Warren has radically reshaped the race.

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

He’s campaigning in her home state and Amy Klobuchar’s, too. And may win both.

If the current polls are right, the race will be all but over in five days.

CBS did a lousy job.

The Democratic nominee will be white.

The precise distribution of 41 measly delegates is now known. Unless there’s a recount.

There’s a campaign to encourage anti-Trump Republicans and independents to vote in New Hampshire.

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

The media coverage continues on script.

The leading papers in Iowa and New Hampshire are backing Klobuchar and Warren, respectively.

The Republicans are playing a different game.

Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden both brought in impressive fundraising numbers for the final quarter of 2019.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

A much smaller debate stage led to a much better debate last night.

It’s time for the last Democratic debate of 2019, and the stage will be smaller than it has at any time in the past.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?