Outside the Beltway

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.

Democrats who could prove to be vulnerable in 2020 are largely lining up in favor of impeaching the President.

Democratic Congressman Jeff van Drew of New Jersey is reportedly switching parties

The costs of irresponsible policy.

The latest poll out of New Hampshire shows four candidates at the top in a very close race.

A Senate Impeachment trial in early January would have a serious impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

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

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

More good news for Mayor Pete.

A new poll shows Pete Buttigieg surging in Iowa, where the Caucuses are 92 days away.

Two weeks after the most recent debate, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are pulling ahead in the polls.

The President is committing enough high crimes and misdemeanors without us manufacturing them.

Based on a number of factors, it appears that the Democratic field for 2020 has shrunk from more than 20 to just 5 viable candidates. Is there room for more?

The stage for the sixth Democratic debate in December is likely to be much smaller.

The first round of polls after last week’s debate has good news for the former Vice-President.

Elizabeth Warren took most of the fire during last night’s fourth Democratic debate, which will likely go a long way toward winnowing down a crowded field.

Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is behind in the polls but still able to stay alive financially.

The next Democratic Debate will have the most people on stage at one time of any debate so far.

The latest Des Moines Register poll puts Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren at the top of the pack in the Hawkeye State.

For the most part, the third debate appears to have had little immediate impact on the race for the Democratic nomination.

The top ten candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination clashed last night in a debate that made clear the different ideological directions that this race is pulling their party.

The stage for the third Democratic debate, scheduled for mid-September, is set and its half the size of its predecessors.

Two new polls released today indicate that earlier suggestions that the race for the Democratic nomination had shifted were incorrect.

President Trump doubled down on his tirade against Jewish American Democrats from yesterday with some even more offensive comments.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

After urging from President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has barred two Muslim-American Congressmen from visiting Israel. It is a foolish and outrageous decision.

The only African-American Republican in the House of Representatives is retiring, and that should worry Republicans nationwide.

A new poll has a majority of respondents saying the President is a racist. He won’t care.

Future debates among the 2020 Democratic candidates are likely to have fewer participants. That’s a good thing.

The first night of the second Democratic debate consisted largely of clashes between the party’s progressive wing and more moderate elements.

The evidence is clear that Russia interfered in the election in 2016 and intends to do so again. Despite this, Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation designed to enhance election security.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

The lineups for the second Democratic debate are set, and they include some interesting pairings.

Once again, twenty candidates will participate in the second debate scheduled to take place over two nights at the end of the month.

Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail last night with another one of his red meat speeches. The analogies it causes one to draw are chilling to say the least.

Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Primary by a huge margin in 2016. This time, he’s slipping in the polls as other candidates rise ahead of him.

For the first time in a century, a chamber of Congress has voted to condemn a sitting President. That won’t stop this President.

The numbers are in and there’s good news for some candidates and bad news for a lot of the others.

The failure of Republicans and conservatives to denounce the President’s racism reveals everything that has gone wrong with the “right” in the Trump Era.

A convergence of OTB discussions.

Let’s call it what it is.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

The Alaska Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s sex offender registry violates due process protections in the state and Federal Constitutions.

The lineups for the first Democratic debate of the 2020 season are set but some candidates are likely to be unhappy.

A trio of new polls shows Elizabeth Warren slipping past Bernie Sanders into second place in the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination

The participants for the two-night opening debate of the 2020 campaign season have been announced, and the candidates who were excluded aren’t happy.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

The latest iteration of a benchmark Iowa poll shows Joe Biden leading, with Bernie Sanders sinking and looking at several candidates closing in on him.

So far at least, appearing on Fox News Channel does not appear to be hurting the candidates who’ve done it with Democratic voters.