Outside the Beltway

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

Que Sera, Sera

Liz Cheney can pretty much write her own political ticket right now.

Two weeks into his campaign, Joe Biden continues to build an impressive lead in polling at the state and national levels.

The President revived an old debate but added some new twists.

Recent poll numbers suggest that the President is vulnerable in the part of the country that assured his Electoral College victory in 2020, but Democrats are going to have to work hard to flip these states.

A panel of three Federal Judges has found Ohio’s Congressional District map to be unconstitutional, but a case currently pending before the Supreme Court could mute the impact of this decision.

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump fears former Vice-President Joe Biden the most of all the Democrats currently running against him.

Taking Joe Biden’s bait, President Trump once again defended his response to the racist rally in Charlottesville two years ago..

Trump campaign officials are worried about the President’s chances of holding onto a state that was crucial to his win in 2020. They should be.

A Federal appeals court says the traditional means of parking enforcement violates the 4th Amendment.

Donald Trump speaks largely just to his base, ignoring the nation as a whole. Whether this will be enough to win re-election in 2020 is an open question.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has officially joined the race for the 2020 Republican Presidential nomination

It’s still early in the 2020 cycle, but Democratic candidate are finding rally attendees focused on one thing. Beating Donald Trump.

The tone and content of President Trump’s 2020 campaign is already quite apparent.

In 2016, a crowded Republican field yielded an unlikely nominee. Could history repeat itself in 2020?

Findings of “foreign influence, conflicts of interest, concerning personal conduct, financial problems, drug use, and criminal conduct” were dismissed.

For their 2020 convention, Democrats are headed to the Midwest.

As it has since 2007, the Democratic National Committee is barring Fox News from hosting a debate featuring the party’s candidates for President.

The President continues to lie at an astounding rate that only seems to be getting worse. Does anyone care?

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

Once again, President Trump proves that in the face of evil he is a coward and a disgrace.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee is running for the Democratic nomination for President on a platform primarily focused on climate change. Whether that helps distinguish him from a growing field of candidates remains to be seen.

Michael Cohen pulled back the curtain and revealed much about the true nature of Donald Trump yesterday. It’s not a pretty picture.

Republicans face a choice in the coming days. Do they support the Constitution, or do they support Donald Trump? You can count on them making the wrong choice.

Based on his job approval numbers, President Trump could face an uphill battle in 2020.

Bernie is back and running for President, but he’s likely to face a tougher road this time around.

Faced with a field that could be more crowded than the Republican field in 2016, Democrats have come up with a different solution to the rather obvious problem of debate scheduling.

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.

The President will sign the bill to fund the government and avert another government shutdown, but in doing so he’ll also lay the groundwork for another showdown with Congress.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest entrant into an already crowded field for the Democratic nomination.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has rejoined the Republican Party, leading many to wonder if he’s considering a challenge to President Trump in 2020.

Jeff Flake says he won’t be running against President Trump in 2020, but there may be others.

A WaPo data analyst gives it a shot.

After an essentially pointless 35 day shutdown, some members of the House and Senate are proposing bills that would make government shutdowns impossible.

As the shutdown enters day thirty-five, there are some signs of movement in Washington but no real progress.

Wearing Donald Trump’s famous campaign symbol creates a presumption of ill intent. Is that fair?

Despite the President’s claims, the American steel industry isn’t doing well at all.

Iowa’s Steve King has long expressed anti-immigrant and racist views, now he’s asking why that’s a bad thing.

The government entered its third shutdown of the year with little sign of an immediate resolution.

With just hours to go, a partial government shutdown is becoming more and more likely.

The Senate passed a bill that keeps the government funded through the beginning of February, but fails to provide any funding for the President’s border wall.

The latest entry in the unity third party presidential candidate genre is just as bad as they always are.

The white supremacist charged with killing a counter-protester during last year’s events in Charlottesville has been convicted of first-degree murder.

Nine years after retiring as Head Coach at Florida, Urban Meyer announced earlier this week that he would retire from his current position at Ohio State after the Rose Bowl.

He says he won’t announce anything until after the start of 2019, but Joe Biden is sure sounding like a guy who’s running for President.

Nancy Pelosi won a key vote yesterday on the road to returning as Speaker of the House again in January.

A decade after being bailed out by the Federal government, the giant automaker is slashing jobs.