Outside the Beltway

In one of the most closely watched Special Elections in American history, the outcome turned out to be not entirely surprising.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

Donald Trump has been President for nearly four months, but has yet to name Ambassadorial picks for many slots including several important posts.

Democrats came close to picking up what has been a solidly Republican seat for nearly forty years but ended up falling short. Instead, we’ll have a runoff in two months.

Obama has issued more commutations than all his predecessors combined. He set the single-day record Monday.

I’m in the New York Times’ “Room for Debate” with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Duke’s Peter Feaver.

Neither President Obama nor Vice-President Biden will attend Fidel Castro’s funeral.

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

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.

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

House Republicans are vowing to continue their investigations even if Hillary Clinton wins the White House.

With Donald Trump floundering, there are a whole lot of nervous Republican Senators up for re-election.

Ted Cruz’s convention speech was about what you’d expect, a gamble designed to set up his campaign for President in 2020 or beyond.

The least likely choice ascends to the Number Two position on the Republican ticket.

If reports are correct, Indiana Governor Mike Pence will be Donald Trump’s choice for a running mate.

The Veepstakes continues.

Is Indiana’s Governor a contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate?

Vice-President Gingrich? Really?

The Trump campaign is out with its own ‘short list’ of potential running mates.

Several top Republicans have already said that they would not accept a position on a ticket with Donald Trump, so who might he choose?

For better or worse, Republicans seem to be resigning themselves to the inevitable.

Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.

Donald Trump hasn’t hit the point of inevitability yet, but time is running short if Republicans are going to stop him.

With mere days until voting starts, the possibility of Donald Trump running the table in the February primaries and caucuses, or nearly doing so, is more and more likely.

Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have won the endorsement of the Des Moines Register, but it’s unclear how much this will help their respective campaigns.

Marco Rubio’s campaign strategy depends on a lot of hope, and no small degree of ignoring reality.

In a new Gallup poll, Republicans say they want a “conservative” as their Presidential nominee, but they may regret what happens if they get the kind of hard-right conservative they seem to be thinking of.

Ted Cruz surges to a lead in the latest Iowa poll, setting up a seemingly inevitable showdown between the Texas Senator and Donald Trump.

The quadrennial fantasy of a brokered convention, which American politics has not seen since 1952, is rearing its head again, and it’s no more likely now than it was when we talked about this four years ago.

Chris Christie has gotten the endorsement of the biggest newspaper in New Hampshire, but it’s not clear that this will have any impact on the race.

Marco Rubio has won the support of a top Republican donor and bundler, giving a much needed boost to his campaign.

Everyone is sick of the current approach. The candidates are looking for a new one.

While it did draw 14 million viewers, last night’s CNBC debate had the smallest audience of any Presidential debate so far. That was probably a good thing for CNBC considering how bad the debate was.

Several recent nominees were flailing at this point in those cycles.

Once the Republican frontrunner, Jeb Bush is now floundering and dealing with donors worried that they may be backing the wrong horse.

Paul Ryan is getting pressure from all sides to get into the race for Speaker Of The House.

Congress has just over a week to pass a funding bill, and it’s not looking very good.

Thinking back to about this time in 2011.