Outside the Beltway

Carly Fiorina will most likely be excluded from CNN’s prime time debate in September, so of course her campaign is complaining about rules that were established months ago.

Thanks to $500,000, Rand Paul bought himself a caucus so he can run for two offices at once.

For a variety of reasons, it’s unlikely that the Republican field will shrink significantly before the Iowa Caucuses.

Donald Trump is still in the lead of the Republican circus, but the rest of the field remains uncertain in the wake of the first debate.

Donald Trump’s immigration plan is would create a police state, violate people’s rights, and hurt America’s economy. And his supporters will most likely love it.

There have been some changes in the race for the Republican nomination.

Like many Republicans, Jeb Bush continues to be willfully blind to the truth about the Iraq War.

Donald Trump is leading in Iowa, and very few things make sense anymore.

Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his post-debate meltdown, now the only question is what the polls will tell us when they come out.

Last night reinforced what I thought about some candidates and changed what I think about others.

It’s a Donald Trump debate, where the facts are made up and the truth doesn’t matter.

Donald Trump is center stage, John Kasich is in, and Rick Perry is relegated to the kid’s table.

The last three polls to be released before Thursday’s debate show Donald Trump continuing to solidify his lead.

Another poll, another Donald Trump lead

Donald Trump leads in the first of the final polls to be released before Thursday’s debate.

The big winners are Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton.

The first of a series of polls in anticipation of next week’s debate shows Donald Trump still at the top, with a surprise coming out of Ohio.

With just over a week to go, Republican candidates for President are fighting for the movement in the polls that could get them in to the August 6th debate.

His remarks about John McCain’s military service don’t seem to be hurting Donald Trump with Republican true believers.

Ohio Governor John Kasich looks good on paper, but his campaign seems as though it’s unlikely to get out of the starting gate.

Despite his remarks about John McCain, Donald Trump is likely to be around for some time to come.

There are mutual embassies in Havana and Washington for the first time in 54 years. It certainly took long enough.

Rand Paul’s Presidential campaign isn’t going so well at the moment.

Republicans have nobody to blame but themselves for the anti-immigrant Frankenstein in their midst.

Despite the clear language of the 14th Amendment, Texas is apparently refusing to issue birth certificates to some children born in the United States whose parents happen to be in the country illegally.

Donald Trump leads in a new national poll, but a deeper look at the numbers suggests that this Trump Bubble can’t last for very much longer.

A good first step, but there’s a lot more than needs to be done to reform the criminal justice system.

It’s all about the Benjamins.

The NYT has left Ted Cruz’ new book off its bestseller list, despite it selling more copies than 18 of 20 titles on said list.

The GOP’s Trump-induced headache isn’t going away any time soon.

Donald Trump has gotten almost nothing but negative press since entering the race for President, but it doesn’t seem to be hurting him very much just yet.

The Supreme Court’s decision on marriage equality seems to have revived an idea that has been mentioned before, but as it has always been, the idea of “getting government out of marriage” is little more than a simplistic slogan.

Chris Christie is in the race for the Republican nomination, but it’s tough to see how he has a plausible path to relevance.

In the wake of the latest Supreme Court decision, the Affordable Care Act seems to have become even more firmly established than it was before last week, and the prospect of repeal has become even less likely.

The reaction of many of the GOP candidates to the decision in Obergefell v. Hodges is about what you’d expect, but there are a few interesting surprises.

Republicans aren’t going to like this one.

Matthew Dickinson takes a stab at explaining “Why So Many Republicans Are Running in 2016.”

Jeb Bush’s campaign launch seems to be going well so far, while Rand Paul and Ted Cruz (and Donald Trump) seem to be slipping.

With notable exceptions, most of the Republican candidates for President are refusing to take a stand on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate Flag. That’s called cowardice.

It’s easier for an American citizen to go to Iran or North Korea than it is for them to go to Cuba, That’s insane.

It’s been obvious from the moment the news broke that the murders in Charleston were rooted in racism, but some Republicans have had trouble acknowledging that.

Whether Republicans are ready or not, Donald Trump is coming.

To nobody’s surprise, Jeb Bush has entered the race for President.

The American people don’t believe that liberty should be sacrificed in the name of security, but their leaders largely don’t care.

Rick Perry is hoping to do something that hasn’t happened before in American politics, come back from a campaign that imploded.

The Senate passed a bill that renews, and modifies, the Patriot Act