Outside the Beltway

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

It’s not all about Trump.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

It doesn’t matter what I believe. It only matters what I can prove.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

Representatives Choosing Their Voters Rather than Vice Versa, Chapter 412.

A serial criminal murdered five and injured dozens.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

A series of mismatches mean would-be workers can’t find employment despite an abundance of openings.

It hasn’t changed in over 100 years (but the population sure has).

The long demographic trend continues.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

Huge swaths of the country are underserved.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

It’s finally officially official.

AZ, GA, and Pa are on the table.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

Almost 50 losses in four weeks,. Impressive.

A shadowy flight into the realm of evidence that does not exist.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

The utter smallness of Trump’s legal challenges to the election.

The numbers behind recounts.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We have a President-Elect.

Hopefully, we can finally declare a President-Elect today.

The early reaction was premature.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Why it’s all over but the crying.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

Biden inches closer to 270.

10 more Electoral votes.

The picture is becoming clearer.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Injecting data into the conversation.

Statements by an HHS official underscore the rot of this administration.

Trump appears to have been shamed into doing part of his job.

More good news for Biden.