Outside the Beltway

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

Another name may be on the short list for Secretary of State.

The Truth and Consequences Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Donald Trump resurrects an old debate and desecrates the Constitution in the process.

Donald Trump claims he won an Electoral College landslide. This is a bald-faced lie.

Now Donald Trump is alleging that the 2016 Election was tainted by ‘illegal voting,’ even though he won!

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump became bitter rivals for the soul of the GOP in 2016, but Romney appears to be at the top of Trump’s list for the nation’s top diplomat.

Team of Rivals?

In a call to supporters, Hillary Clinton blames her loss on F.B.I. Director James Comey

Some Hillary Clinton supporters have a foolish and unworkable “plan” to steal Trump’s victory in the Electoral College. They should abandon it.

My predictions for the House and Senate.

With Donald Trump on the ballot, Bill Maher regrets some past words. He shouldn’t be the only one.

Seven days from now, millions of Americans will be headed to the polls. So far at least, Hillary Clinton is still the front runner.

For now at least, it looks as though last week’s email news is having little impact on the state of the race for President.

Has any major party nominee for president ever damaged his reputation in this manner?

Donald Trump is losing something much more important to him that an election.

What was supposed to be a night away from the campaign trail quickly turned partisan.

The final debate of 2016 didn’t draw as many viewers as the first Hillary v. Donald match-up, but it still drew a respectable number.

Donald Trump is facing potential trouble in a state that has gone for a Democrat only twice since the end of World War II.

Viewership for the second debate fell some twenty percent from the first debate, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voter are losing interest.

Trump was alternately somnambulant, petulant, stalking, incoherent, and dangerous.

Republicans are abandoning Donald Trump in droves after last night’s revelation of lewd remarks he made in 2005.

Damon Linker writes, “Millions of people disagree with your political views. That doesn’t make them moral monsters.”

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

Nothing that happens tonight during the Vice-Presidential debate is likely to matter, so feel free to skip it.

Donald Trump appears to be pushing voters from America’s fastest growing minority group into the Democratic camp.

With just hours before the first debate, and six weeks until Election Day, the race for President remains tight.

The GOP civil war continues…..

Gary Johnson is doing better than any third-party candidate in twenty years, but that doesn’t mean he’s likely to get an invitation to the upcoming Presidential debates.

The election is now fifty-six days away and, while the race is tighter than it has been, it’s still one in which Hillary Clinton has seemingly all the advantages.

David Brooks thinks American politics “Could get ugly” before the ship gets righted.

After a unanimous Supreme Court victory, Bob McDonnell won’t be facing another corruption trial.

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson doesn’t get much national press attention, and it doesn’t help when he flubs an answer like he did this morning.

Another poll shows that Latino voters are set to reject Donald Trump in record numbers, and now they’re turning against the GOP.

In a ruling that could have a real impact on the 2016 election, the Supreme Court has declined to grant a stay to a lower court ruling striking down a North Carolina law that tightened Voter ID laws and restricted early voting.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

Yesterday, Hillary Clinton pointed out truths about Donald Trump that his fellow Republicans were too scared to point out during the primary..

It’s eleven weeks — just 77 days — until Election Day, and things are looking pretty good for Hillary Clinton, and pretty bad for Donald Trump.

One speech isn’t going to make up for what we’ve seen so far.

Another poll confirms that Virginia is firmly in the pocket of Hillary Clinton.

Not surprisingly, Latino voters are heavily turned off by Donald Trump and seemingly quite eager to vote against him in the fall.

Another day, another round of irresponsible demagoguery from Donald Trump.