Outside the Beltway

It would appear to be the case.

The front-runner was indeed the pick

New Mexico Senator Ben Ray Luján is hospitalized with a stroke.

Did you know that the elephant population has tripled over the last six months?

Momentum for ending an undemocratic anachronism is building.

Are we really being blocked from getting back to normal? And if so, what is the real barrier?

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

Violence, masculinity, and American politics.

Resolving the legal issues will take time we don’t have.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

A sign of our times.

Texas and Oklahoma have reopened Pandora’s Box.

Another R/D cleavage?

The Southeast has been hit especially hard.

There’s no voting in baseball.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against ramming it through in the COVID relief bill.

Democrats are already jockeying to influence President Biden’s pick should a vacancy arise.

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

Specifically: the former confederacy and Democratic dominance.

The man still can’t get out of his own way.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

Too little, too late.

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

Some square pegs are being forced into some round holes for the sake of inclusion.

A myriad of possible explanations.

Predicting a Biden wave.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

The state polling is not lining up along usual patterns.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

The actor best known for his roles as Jackie Robinson and Black Panther has been lost to cancer.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The President has hit rock bottom.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

The trend line shifted this week.

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

Of course he did.

The Commonwealth is the first state in the nation to issue regulations.

The Senator from Minnesota is no longer a candidate for Vice President.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

Thoughts on Biden’s low profile and Trump’s daily exposure.

We’re putting people in an impossible position.

The 58-year-old may have a post-presidency unmatched in history.

Sanders supporters need to get on the bus.