SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:

GIMMICK ALERT:   We seem to be cruising to a solid victory in November.  But, at the same time, we wonder if the Dems have anything up their unisex sleeves that could turn things around. This week gave me my first scare. Governor Gavin Newsom of California suggested that Californians be given relief from soaring gasoline prices through a tax rebate. We can rage at this fraud – not solving the energy problem but repaying Americans with their own tax money to cover their inflated prices and win votes for Democrats in November – but it may work. It will mean more borrowing for our already squeezed country, but who cares?  Let the good times roll! If Americans can go into the election getting paid back for higher energy prices, they may well vote for the guys who wrote the checks.  There's nothing happier for the average voter than getting "free" money from the government. I'm hearing stories that other blue-state governors are interested in the sham. Ah, for the good old days of big-city machines. They got us stop signs, you know.

March 26, 2022