Outside the Beltway

Sherrod Brown pulled off the only statewide Democratic victory in Ohio on November 6th. Because of that, he’s being looked at as a potential 2020 candidate for President.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is apparently considering running for President.

Bernie Sanders could find repeating the success of 2016 in 2020 may not be so easy.

Fear-mongering of various types on full display.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

Joe Crowley, widely considered in line to replace Nancy Pelosi as party leader in the House, has been defeated.

Has the party paid too big a price to attract suburban voters?

Sixteen Senators are backing a single-payer system. Another forty-four to go.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

Part One in a series of observations about health care and health insurance in light of the introduction of the House GOP’s health care plan.

Backers of the losing candidate for the Democratic nomination are surprised that they’re not getting their way.

As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders clashed in the final debate before the Iowa Caucuses in the context of a race that has appeared to become tighter than it was before Christmas.

For the moment, Hillary Clinton looks unbeatable if she chooses to run in 2016