Outside the Beltway

Given the stakes headed into the latest version of ‘Super Tuesday,’ last night’s Republican debate was surprisingly subdued.

Donald Trump is motivating people! The problem for Republicans is that he’s motivating them to become citizens so they can vote against him and, potentially, other Republicans.

Both Donald Trump and Ohio Governor John Kasich face big tests in tomorrow’s Michigan primary.

Bernie Sanders was more aggressive in last night’s debate than he has been in the past, but it’s likely too little, too late.

February’s Jobs Report was relatively positive, but there are still shadows hovering over the economy as we head further into the year.

The Supreme Court seems as closely divided as ever on an issue that has divided the nation for forty years, but the implications of Justice Scalia’s death were quite apparent during oral argument in the Texas Abortion Law case.

It’s Super Tuesday, and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to go a long way toward securing the nominations of their respective parties.

Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions became the latest prominent Republican to endorse Donald Trump, but there are a lot more Republicans who are starting to panic over what Trump could do to their party.

Two more Republican Governors endorse Donald Trump.

Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz landed some punches on Donald Trump last night, but it’s doubtful that they changed the nature of the race.

A new poll shows Donald Trump with historically low support for a Republican from Latino voters. That’s a recipe for electoral disaster.

For now at least, the Bush Dynasty has seen the end of its involvement in national politics.

Major carriers are reporting massive losses and demanding major rate hikes to cover the costs imposed by PPACA.

The Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Without Trump, the seventh Republican debate largely focused on Ted Cruz, who doesn’t seem to have done himself any favors. Donald Trump, meanwhile, will likely not pay any price at all for skipping the last pre-Iowa debate.

China’s economy is still growing, but it’s most recently reported growth rate is slower than the nation has seen in quite some time.

Donald Trump is out with his first television ad, and it’s about what you’d expect.

Delaware has become the latest state to liberalize its laws regarding marijuana.

Tensions between Russia and Turkey remain high in the wake of yesterday’s incident, but there are some signs that things are starting to cool down.

Mexicans are more likely to be returning home than migrating to the United States, a new report finds.

A new poll shows that a near majority of Republicans agree with even some of Donald Trump’s most controversial statements on immigration.

The Supreme Court is now considering a case that deals with the problem of overly broad civil asset forfeiture laws and a Defendant’s right to counsel under the Sixth Amendment.

A decision from Mexico’s Supreme Court has opened the door to legalization of marijuana south of the border, but it’s likely to proceed much slower than in the United States or Canada.

To no real surprise, the Obama Administration has rejected the application to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. It is likely to remain an issue in the upcoming Presidential campaign, though.

Representatives from most of the Republican Presidential campaigns met to discuss reforms to the debate process, but none of their ideas will actually improve the quality of debates.

Paul Ryan’s admission that immigration reform will not happen as long as Barack Obama is President simply reflects the reality of immigration politics in Congress.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Obama’s first Secretary of State has come out against Obama’s Trans Pacific Partnership.

California’s legislature has approved a bill that would legalize physician assisted suicide in the nation’s largest state.

Vice-President Biden dropped another hint that suggests he might not be up to running for President.

The longer this race goes on, the hard it becomes to deny the truth about Donald Trump.

Scott Walker and Chris Christie apparently think that the key to turning around their dying campaigns is to pander to the people supporting Donald Trump’s anti-immigration platform.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

The buffoonish billionaire is tapping into something real.

Connecticut eliminated the death penalty several years ago, and now the state’s Supreme Court has ruled that the men remaining on death row cannot be executed.

Donald Trump’s assertion that he will get Mexico to pay for his border wall is being laughed at in Mexico City.

Jason Kottke points me to Stan Carey’s summary of Jack Grieve’s study of regional variations in swearing patterns across the United States.

This is not a serious Presidential campaign, it is a bloviating sideshow.

Despite the clear language of the 14th Amendment, Texas is apparently refusing to issue birth certificates to some children born in the United States whose parents happen to be in the country illegally.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

Donald Trump says he still doesn’t know where the President was born, but he’d rather not talk about that anymore.

Republicans are finally starting to react to what Donald Trump has been saying.

Taxes on wine, beer, and spirits vary wildly from state-to-state and even within each state.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

PolitiFact rates President Obama’s claim that other countries don’t have mass shootings at rates comparable to America”Mostly False.”