Outside the Beltway

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

The Republican Party is not really a thing.

The pivot point in the impeachment charges: two hours of silence.

Maybe his title should be “Minority Follower.”

The 45th President will go down in infamy, setting a record that’s unlikely to be broken.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

Some key GOP figures are at least testing the waters.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

The President of the United States is a national security threat. Can we get rid of him now?

It’s finally officially official.

Kamala Harris will be very, very busy the next two years.

They’re actually going to go through with it.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

His tantrum stopped checks over the weekend but Congress called his bluff.

The President of the United States is an existential threat to the Republic.

The junior Senator from Kentucky is drawing a lot of attention to himself on “fraud.”

Our long national farce is over.

Too little, too late.

When an apolitical process gets politicized.

The 87-year-old former San Francisco mayor isn’t woke enough.

The virus is real and infections and exposures have consequences.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

The numbers behind recounts.

A One Act Play

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

“Now this campaign is over, what is the will of the people? What is our mandate?”

Her Democratic opponent has conceded.

The picture is becoming clearer.

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

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

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

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

Chuck Schumer and company sent a signal to their base against a fait accompli.

An unconvincing attack on the Democratic position.

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.

Two related discussions.

Ok, so what should change?

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

An open Senate race is now much more likely to stay Republican.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

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

Jared Kushner and others want one that fits on a index card.