Outside the Beltway

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

The Lone Star state is making up its own rules.

A Blue Wave still looks quite likely.

Thinking about what we might know on the night of the election.

Joe Biden’s chances remain extraordinarily good.

Forecasters give Democrats better than even odds of a majority.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The AG is not supposed to be the President’s personal attorney.

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

Ok, so what should change?

A quick overview and some examples to start a longer conversation.

A nation that failed to control the pandemic is going to be without college sports this fall.

A great character actor is gone.

Roll Damn Tide.

The latest Morning Consult numbers are more bad news for Trump.

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

Portland may be a preview of what’s to come.

It’s just not immediate.

Despite hope for a vaccine, officials are canceling large events months in advance.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

General Milley speaks an obvious truth. Will apologists listen?

The trend line shifted this week.

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

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

The crowd for DC’s fireworks celebration was small but weird.

Is the Chief Justice laying a trap or simply ‘calling balls and strikes’?

A reprise of an almost identical case with a different group of Justices–and the Chief Justice switching sides.

Whether the 26th Amendment precludes giving preferential treatment to the elderly will have to wait for another day.

The federal judge who oversees treatment of detained immigrant children has had enough.

Joementum.

This time, the Pences

The Economist gives Joe Biden an 83% chance to win the Electoral College.

The vagaries of our Presidential election mechanism gave us a surprising result in 2016. That’s unlikely this year.

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

The evidence is clear. Injustice feeds rage and rage sometimes boils over.

Outside agitators, including white supremacist groups, are shaping public perception of the George Floyd protests.

The President has reportedly invoked the Insurrection Act.

A further attempt to explain how party is such a key variable.

A new study finds earlier lockdowns could have saved 54,000 lives by early May.

What if instead of the unit rule, states doled out electoral voter based on the proportion of votes each slate of electors received?

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Who can keep count?

Critics of the modeling and of the data analysis are being too simplistic.

Leadership matters (as does sources of news).

Everything is easier with money.

On Tucker last night, Patrick made an odd appeal (to be kind).

Looking back at my predictions about the 2020 Democratic race.