Outside the Beltway

The peril of not yet running for President include not yet having a campaign staff in place.

The decision to hand Democrats a victory and step on the good news from the Mueller report apparently came from the very top.

The consolidation of Super Tuesday makes the current system even more broken than before.

It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.

A new tool for looking at possible Presidential election outcomes.

Former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper is the latest entrant into an already crowded Democratic field.

Former Vice-President Joe Biden isn’t officially running for President yet, but says his family is on board if he does.

The populist Democrat won’t be hosting fundraising dinners. Until the general election campaign, at least.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan continues to sound like someone seriously considering running against Donald Trump.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

Justice Clarence Thomas argues that a 55-year-old precedent should be overturned.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld is preparing for a primary challenge against Donald Trump. He won’t win, but he could still have an impact.

It’s far too early, but Joe Biden’s advantages in these polls of Democratic voters can’t be ignored.

The New Hampshire Supreme Court rejected a challenge by three women to their prosecution for going topless on a public beach in the Granite State.

New polling indicates that a solid majority of Democrats are more interested in finding a candidate who can beat Donald Trump in 2020 than they are with finding a candidate that agrees with them on specific issues.

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is the latest entrant into the race for the 2020 Democratic Nomination.

While much of the attention in the race for the Democratic nomination to date has been on the left, there is a path forward for a more centrist candidate.

As expected. California Senator Kamala Harris has entered the race for President.

Could Maryland Governor Larry Hogan be just the kind of Republican to challenge Trump in 2020?

Tulsi Gabbard was born in American Samoa, an American territory whose residents are generally not American citizens from birth. However, she is nonetheless a “natural born citizen.”

Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro is the latest addition to the growing Democratic Presidential field.

California Senator Kamala Harris is set to enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination later this month.

The government shutdown has now entered historic territory, and the Trump Administration is moving closer to a “national emergency” or other extra-legal means to get money for his wall.

President Trump is claiming he never said Mexico would directly pay for the wall, except for all those times when he said Mexico would directly pay for the wall.

California is set up throw a huge curve ball into the 2020 Presidential nomination fight.

Faced with the prospect of a large field like the one Republicans had in 2016, Democrats are trying to figure out how to handle debates. So far, the ideas being put forward are as bad as what the GOP ended up doing.

Tennessee will have an open Senate seat in 2020 thanks to Lamar Alexander’s decision to retire at the end of his current term.

Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema will end up representing Arizona in the Senate together.

Former Vice-President Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are, not surprisingly, leading the early polls for the 2020 Democratic nomination.

Cory Booker’s interest in running for President has been an open secret for some time, now he’s being far less coy about it.

Bernie Sanders has not officially said that he’s running for President, but he’s reportedly planning a much more aggressive campaign than what we saw in 2016 if he does.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s not running for President in 2020.

It would be a rather quixotic effort, but Jeff Flake isn’t ruling out challenging the President for the Republican nomination in 2020.

Starbucks Founder Howard Schultz is apparently considering running for President.

Democratic pickups in several state legislatures could impact redistricting after the 2020 Census.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s name may be unfamiliar, but he’s looking to change that.

To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hints that he’s thinking of running for President in 2020.

Surely a celebrity hound with no political experience can’t become President. Right?

New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she has no intention of running for President in 2020.

Add yet another name to the potential Democratic campaign field in 2020.

Thanks in large part to an aggressive public health education program and vaccination, Australia is on course to effectively eradicate cervical cancer.

The State of Texas is arguing in Court that a school district can force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

This morning, President Trump took to Twitter to attack Dr. Christine Blasey Ford over her allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Monday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the charges made against Judge Brett Kavanaugh is still on as scheduled, but the details are still being negotiated.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

One moment at a campaign rally in October 2008 defines better than anything else what American politics lost when John McCain passed away.

President Trump says he wants to talk to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but his own lawyers clearly don’t trust him enough to allow that to go forward.

A powerful political network is distancing itself from the Trump-dominated Republican Party.

Some Democrats want to compel President Trump’s translator to testify about his private meeting with Vladimir Putin. That’s a bad idea.