Outside the Beltway

“You can’t be against everything.”

What is the right measure of success for the Committee investigating the Capitol riot?

Seeing no way to win under their own label, they’ve called a Hail Mary.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

Implications for Alabama and the GOP as well as considerations on the evolution of American politics.

That thing that happens when you sow the wind with conspiracy theories.

The similarities are obvious. The differences are more important.

Tommy Tuberville is likely the next Senator from the state of Alabama.

Cable news “experts” frequently aren’t.

Primaries are not all they are cracked up to be.

The plurality of New Hampshire voters are unaffiliated. Should they all stay at home?

We won’t have Sean Spicer to ikick around anymore.

Jeff Sessions is running to win back his old Senate seat, putting into play the possibility of a clash with President Trump.

Former Senator and Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reportedly considering running for his old Senate seat.

Roy Moore’s second bid for the Senate isn’t going so well.

Controversial former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was voted out of office in 2016 after serving six terms in office, is running to get his old job back.

In the battle for Senate control in 2020, the conditions appear to favor Republicans. At least for now.

In the first poll since he entered the race, Roy Moore finds himself in third place in the race for the 2020 Republican Nomination for Senate in Alabama.

Much to the chagrin of Republicans hoping to win back a Senate seat they never should have lost, Roy Moore is running for Senate again in Alabama.

Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway stands credibly accused of multiple violations of Federal law. The President will do nothing about it.

Republicans nationwide are trying to discourage Roy Moore from running for Senate again. Roy Moore doesn’t care.

Some reports are saying that Roy Moore will run for the GOP nomination for Senate again in 2020.

At some point, what we call conservatism turned into a racket. It’s not surprising that this led directly to Trump.

Roy Moore has not said that he’s running for Senate again in Alabama, but he’s already threatening to up-end the race for the GOP nomination.

Disgraced former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy Moore is apparently “seriously considering” running for Senate in 2020.

Roy Moore, who lost a Special Election to replace Jeff Sessions in 2017 after being hit with allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, isn’t ruling another bid for the same seat.

Congressman Bradley Byrne has entered the race to challenge Doug Jones for the Senate from Alabama in 2020. This seat is likely to be a Republican pick-up regardless of who the Republicans nominate.

Before even taking office, Mitt Romney is taking on the President. It’s a good sign, but we’ll see what it leads to.

President Trump’s job approval numbers continue to be worse than those of any President since the end of World War Two.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

The Party of Donald Trump has left no sane choice but to vote straight Democrat.

While the numbers seem to show that scandal-plagued Senator Bob Menendez will win re-election on Tuesday, national Democrats aren’t taking any chances.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.

Fifty years ago, a young college student who would become one of the most influential women in Washington was sexually assaulted by a Senator. She didn’t come forward with her story for more than fifty years, and the reasons why strike close to what we’ve been talking about for three weeks now.

After roughly a week of staying silent, President Trump decided last night to openly mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

This morning, President Trump took to Twitter to attack Dr. Christine Blasey Ford over her allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

With less than two months to go before the midterm elections, President Trump’s job approval numbers are hitting new lows.

The #MeToo movement brings down the head of a Fortune 500 company.

The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate who lost the GOP primary for Senate cannot run as the nominee of another party due to the state’s “sore loser” law.

With Martha McSally pulling off a decisive win, Arizona Republicans managed to avoid the disaster that likely would have occurred had either Kelli Ward or Joe Arpaio won last night.

One of the biggest names in Hollywood stands accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women in yet another ground-breaking report by Ronan Farrow.

President Trump’s short list of potential Supreme Court nominees consists mostly of conventionally conservative, well-qualified, jurists.

In what seems like an obvious response to the rise of the #MeToo movement and the cultural changes it has brought about, the Miss America pageant is making a major change.

The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.

Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape and sexual assault in a New York Court.

At least one red state Democrat will be voting against Gina Haspel.

Quietly, Mike Pence is seeking to create his own power base inside the GOP even as the White House pushes back.

Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.

Whether Don Blankenship wins or loses in West Virginia, his success is yet another example of how Donald Trump has changed the GOP for the worse.