Outside the Beltway

This time in the PA Supreme Court

They were rejected bigly.

Why did Emily Murphy finally do her job?

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

We won’t have Sidney Powell to kick around any more.

More on why it isn’t going to happen.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

GOP leaders in key states signal no EC shenanigans.

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

The numbers behind recounts.

Guess what they found?

In a sane world, Joe Biden’s election win would not have come as a surprise. Alas . . . .

Revisiting predictions about what would happen if what has happened happened.

While many are congratulating President-Elect Biden, too many are still following a loser.

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

We have a President-Elect.

It’s getting worse, not better.

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

The early reaction was premature.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Why it’s all over but the crying.

He needs one more state to hit the magic 270.

Biden inches closer to 270.

The picture is becoming clearer.

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

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

Monmuth’s latest.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

Trump needs them both.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

When early voting meets tragedy.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

Two prominent media pollsters are hedging their bets.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Less Trumpy Trump still Trump.

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

Some numbers from PA and a CNN poll that gives Biden a huge lead.

A national nightmare that may not have changed many minds.

Injecting data into the conversation.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

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

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

The two oldest major party nominees in American history are not inspiring great confidence.

The latest FNC poll has more good news for Biden.

New numbers show more consistency.