Outside the Beltway

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both released strong fourth quarter fundraising reports, as did Republicans Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.

Further signs that Ben Carson’s Presidential campaign, which has been in a death spiral in the polls for some time now, is in real trouble,

Former President Clinton is set to hit the campaign trail for his wife in the New Year, and that could make things quite entertaining.

As we head into Christmas, there doesn’t seem to be much peace on Earth or good will toward men among Ben Carson’s advisers.

The final report to third quarter Gross Domestic Product shows that growth over the summer was, at best, tepid.

Previewing the fifth Republican debate, and the last Republican debate of 2015.

A pair of new national polls shows a new trend in the GOP race heading into the final debate of 2015.

The Governors of Connecticut and New York are joining President Obama and Hillary Clinton in favor of a really bad idea.

Polling shows that most Americans oppose Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslim’s from immigrating to the United States, but Republicans are far more receptive to the idea.

The 2016 election cycle is seeing “scientific” online polling become more prominent, but it’s unclear just how reliable it is.

The news that the late football legend Frank Gifford suffered from the same chronic brain disease that has been diagnosed in many N.F.L. players in recent years, and the upcoming release of a new film on the issue, seems certain to increase pressure to protect players at all levels of football.

Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to start a political fight with your family!

The economy performed a little better than previously reported over the summer. It’s not great, but it’s probably enough to convince the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Different criteria than in the past, but there may not be much of a change in the participants.

Ratings slipped for last night’s debate, but the numbers were still very respectable.

Legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region took a step toward independence, but Madrid apparently wants nothing to do with it.

Candidates who have been excluded from tomorrow’s Fox Business Network are complaining, but their complaints ignore the fact that polling is the best objective criteria we have to determine debate eligibility.

Ben Carson and his supporters would have you believe that he is being subjected to unprecedented and unfair scrutiny. That assertion is completely false.

The debate stages for both the undercard and main debate next Tuesday will look different from what we’ve become used to.

Fluctuations continue, but the Republican Presidential field appears to be sorting itself out as we near the beginning of a new phase of the campaign.

The juxtaposition of two headlines at memeorandum is amusing.

Republicans have apparently gone insane.

More good news for Hillary Clinton, and a sign that the race for the Democratic nomination, to the extent there really is a race at this point, is close to being over.

Another day, another poll.

Two new Iowa polls show Ben Carson passing Donald Trump in the Hawkeye State, but that’s not necessarily good news for Republicans.

For much of the summer, the story of the Democratic race for President was the story of Hillary Clinton’s seemingly endless problems. Those days seem long gone if the latest polls are any indication.

A pair of new polls confirms that Republican hopes that Donald Trump would fade are failing to come true.

The plan to withdraw nearly all American forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is being put on hold.

An FCC rule from a bygone era may get Bernie Sanders and company some time on NBC.

The criteria for next month’s third Republican Presidential debate have been announced, and they’re likely to end up being bad news for several Republican candidates.

Time is running out for Joe Biden to make a decision about running for President, and it’s still not clear what he’ll do.

Even taking the fact that he is the Republican frontrunner into account, Donald Trump is getting a disproportionate amount of attention from the political media.

Hillary Clinton has a bit of a public image problem, but it’s not clear if that will hurt her politically.

Thanks in part to a slow summer news cycle, the speculation about Vice-President Biden entering the race for President seems to be reaching a fever pitch.

Susan Crawford claims that “Cable-Only Presidential Debates are the New Poll Tax.”

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

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.

Reports are circulating that the Obama Administration is considering releasing Jonathan Pollard, and many are seeing it as an effort to placate Israel in the wake of the Iran deal.

Did Hillary Clinton mishandle classified information while Secretary of State? Two Inspectors General want to find out.

The U.N. Security Council has approved the Iranian nuclear deal, and now the ball is in Congress’s court.

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

There’s another round of reports about Joe Biden running for President, but I wouldn’t put much stock them.

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.

In the past month, the Chinese stock market has lost more than 1/3 of its value.

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

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal enters the Presidential race today, but it’s hard to see how he even manages to become a plausible candidate.

A new poll shows that Hillary Clinton remains largely unstoppable on her quest for the Democratic Presidential Nomination, and she has a pretty clear path to the White House as well.

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.