Outside the Beltway

The President is issuing dangerous statements.

A much-needed call for unity.

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.

The state is voting during the high point of a global pandemic because Republicans forced it.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The President tweeted, “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself.”

We may be in a national crisis but it’s still politics as usual in Washington.

How do we balance societal and individual rights during a pandemic?

While the impulse is understandable, it defeats the purpose.

Our most populous state has become the first with a blanket “stay home” order to stave off Covid-19.

He’s a long way from 1991 delegates but no one can beat him.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

Maybe it’s time to stop joking about senile politicians and do something about the issue.

These decisions should be made by professionals.

Is being ruled by the elderly a bad thing?

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

The administration’s handling underscores its poor governance skills (and the degree to which it doesn’t matter to supporters).

She’s continuing to swing at the candidates beating her at the polls.

The 78-year-old is the Comeback Kid. And the only chance of preventing a Bernie Sanders nomination.

Donald Trump is once again trying to deflect reality.

CBS did a lousy job.

Competing in fourteen states plus overseas territories in one day is expensive.

It got somewhat ugly at the kids’ table.

Most national pundits saw it differently than I did.

The media coverage continues on script.

Proposed mid-stream changes could help Bloomberg, hurt Sanders, and divide the party.

What difference at this point does it make?

Surprising news from an unsurprising process.

Next week’s Democratic debate could have as few as five candidates.

Tulsi Gabbard is under fire back home for her vote on impeachment and for missing votes on the House floor.

Thursday night’s Democratic debate drew the lowest numbers of any of this season’s debates.

Despite denials and dismissals, it is clear that being an impeached President is getting under Trump’s skin.

What lessons are there for the United States in general, and Democrats in particular, in last weeks British election?

British voters are voting today in the third election in four years. This time, the fate of Brexit is on the ballot.

Some reports are indicating that Joe Biden’s campaign is considering making a pledge that he would only serve a single term if elected. This would be a mistake.

With just days to go before the election, Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party appears headed for a win that should allow him to finish Brexit.

With Kamala Harris”s exit from the race, some are raising questions about why minority candidates have failed to break through in a party that has a very diverse base.

If the United Kingdom does go through with Brexit, it could lead to an existential crisis for the United Kingdom itself.

Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party are on course for a big win in December 12th’s General Election.

Former President Obama has been largely quiet about the race for the Democratic nomination, but that may not last.

After two weeks of hearings, public opinion has not moved very much on the impeachment of the President.

Under the Democratic National Committee’s current qualification rules, Michael Bloomberg’s self-funded campaign means he wouldn’t qualify for any future debate. He doesn’t seem worried about that.

Andrew Yang is upset about the fact that he’s largely being ignored at the Democratic debates. He’s right, but that’s at least partly his fault.

The Secretary of the Navy was abruptly dismissed late yesterday in a dispute over the a case involving a SEAL accused of war crimes.

After flirting with the idea many times over the past decade and a half, Mike Bloomberg is officially running for President.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

As the walls close in, the President is growing more agitated.

Taking a look at the state of the race as Democratic prepare to clash in tonight’s fifth debate.

After a promising start, Kamala Harris’s campaign appears to be in crisis mode.

Day two of Congressional impeachment hearings will be marked by the testimony of the former American Ambassador to Ukraine.