Outside the Beltway

Lindsey Graham is the latest entrant into the Presidential race, but it’s hard to see how he gets out of the bottom of the polls.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker isn’t officially a candidate for President yet, but he’s doing quite well in Iowa anyway.

Martin O’Malley is running for President for some reason.

The race for the Republican nomination is as tight as ever, and so far nobody seems to be emerging as a clear front-runner.

Rand Paul is out with one of his more forceful attacks on Republican hawks to date.

A Cleveland police officer has been acquitted of manslaughter and other charges in a case that resulted in the death of two African-American individuals.

With 14 candidates vying for the Republican nomination, TV execs are scrambling to make the debates watchable.

Maryland’s former Governor will announce his candidacy for President next week. Don’t expect him to go very far.

Drip, Drip, Drip.

President Obama is taking steps to reduce police militarization, but there’s much more that needs to be done.

South Carolina’s Senior Senator is set to be the latest entry into the race for the Republican nomination.

The Republican debate stage in 2016 is going to be even more crowded than it was in 2012.

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is going to be looking for that elusive second act in American politics.

Hillary Clinton hasn’t taken questions from reporters in three weeks. Because she doesn’t need the media as much as most other candidates.

For reasons only he can understand. South Carolina’s senior Senator will be entering the race for the White House early next month.

Once again, only six or seven states are likely to matter.

The Baltimore Police Department will finally be under the Federal microscope. But it took the death of Freddie Gray for it happen.

A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the N.S.A.’s data mining program is illegal, but its ruling may not have a very big impact.

Break out the sweater vests, Rick Santorum is getting ready to enter the race for the Republican Presidential Nomination.

A new poll has some bad news for Jeb Bush in the Hawkeye State, which leads to the idea that maybe he shouldn’t waste too much time there to begin with.

Mike Huckabee’s back, but the 2008 magic is gone.

Aides to Governor Chris Christie apparently think there’s still a way he can run a credible campaign for President, but it seems unlikely.

Ben Carson is running for President.

Republicans on Capitol Hill are talking about fundamentally changing what it means to be an American, and it’s a bad idea.

Bernie Sanders is running for President. He’s not going to win, but he’s not running because he thinks he can win.

Former Hewlett Packard CEO, and failed Senate candidate, Carly Fiorina will be running for President for some reason.

And the fun part is that his main motive for running appears to be the opportunity to troll Rand Paul.

After declining to run in 2012, Mike Huckabee’s entry into the 2016 race seems fairly certain.

Ben Carson will be entering the race for President next month, but don’t pretend for a minute that he’s a serious candidate.

His poll numbers are down, the GOP base is not hospitable, but Chris Christie still seems to be thinking about running for President.

Thanks to one civilian with a camera, a police officer is facing charges in what appears to clearly be an improper shooting.

Rand Paul is the latest Republican to enter the race, but his path to even becoming a contender is a difficult one at best.

Jeb Bush is leading the latest poll of the 2016 Republican race and Ted Cruz has surged since he entered the race, but the race is just beginning.

Some Republicans are trying to move their party in the right direction on marriage equality, but it’s unclear if they will succeed in the short term.

Rand Paul has been cozying up to social conservatives lately, but he risks alienating the people most likely to support his campaign for the White House.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is getting ready to jump into the race for President, but he has an uphill fight ahead of him.

Hillary Clinton continues to look more inevitable by the day, but Joe Biden doesn’t want to go away just yet.

Ted Cruz kicks off with the first of what is likely to be a string of candidates getting into the 2016 race in the coming month.

He’s back.

Another tone deaf action from leading Republicans.

Now that they control all of Congress, some Republicans are suddenly deciding that the filibuster should be repealed.

A new poll of 2016 primary voters shows that even Republicans are coming to accept that gays and lesbians should have the right to get married.

Scott Walker surged to the top of a new poll of Iowa Republicans, but Iowa is not a very good predictor of success in the race for the GOP nomination.

Mitt Romney is set to make an announcement at 11 Eastern today. [UPDATE: He’s out!]

The Republican National Committee is trying to bring some sanity to the Presidential debate process, but there’s no guarantee it can succeed.

A victory for evil.

The terror attack in Paris seems likely to undercut GOP efforts to use the DHS budget to attack the President’s immigration policies.

Over the weekend, Mike Huckabee took another step that suggests that he is indeed planning on running for President in 2016.

Rick Perry is sounding for all the world like a candidate for President, and says he’s a different candidate this time, but initial perceptions are hard to overcome.