AND THE DEM MELTDOWN – AT 9:58 A.M. ET:  Related to the post just below is the continuing meltdown of the Democratic Party.  The Republicans have problems, to be sure, and the president has problems with some of his undisciplined and inaccurate statements.

But the problems in the Democratic Party may finish it as a national institution.  Right now the Dems are a coastal party, with some "bright" spots in between, mostly in college towns.  But they are controlled by a militant fringe whose ideas are grossly unpopular in majority America.  From the terrific Michael Goodwin in the New York Post: 

History was made Tuesday when Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate to confirm Betsy DeVos as secretary of education.

But the necessity of Pence’s vote reflected another kind of history, too: The decision by all Senate Democrats to reject DeVos marked a new low for the flailing party.

Democrats claim to stand for the poor, immigrants and nonwhites. Yet given a chance to actually support someone who is dedicated to improving education for all America’s children, especially those trapped in failing urban schools, the Dems said no, hell no.

Joined by two Republicans, they stood in the schoolhouse door to block vital change, casting their lot with teachers unions that fear reform the way a vampire fears garlic.

And...

No president has ever had so few cabinet members confirmed at this late date, just as no president has been confronted with such open talk of assassination and impeachment.

Speaking of which, have you heard a single Democrat decry the talk of assassination? Have you heard a single Democrat denounce the violence carried out by so-called protesters?

The answers are no and no because Dems see the riots and threats of violence as legitimate expressions of disapproval — and convenient for their purposes. Their contribution to the “resistance” started when 70 Democrats boycotted Trump’s inauguration and many senators boycotted confirmation hearings and votes. Maybe they’ll soon throw rocks through windows.

The madness was on full display Monday night when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer boasted in a tweet from outside the Capitol that “While the GOP is pushing a vote on Betsy DeVos, the people are rallying outside. We’re with them.”

Think of that: The Democrats’ leader walks out on his job to play the role of a man of the people in a staged demonstration. This is a party that has lost its mind, as well as its soul.

COMMENT:  Absolutely accurate.  And the Dems are about to choose a new national chairman.  One of the two top candidates, Keith Ellison, is an African-American Muslim congressman from Minnesota with a radical history, including quality time with the Nation of Islam, a hate group.  The other gem is Tom Perez, one of the most left-wing officials in the Obama administration.

The Dems have certainly learned from the election, haven't they?

February 8, 2017