POLITICAL SUICIDE? – AT 12:33 P.M. ET:   There's an old line in politics:  If your opponent is committing suicide, don't get in his way. 

Is the Democratic Party committing suicide?  If current trends continue, with the far left of the party taking control, that may well be the case.  From Fox: 

Democratic lawmakers and candidates are increasingly seeking the elimination of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of their suite of demands in D.C.'s heated border battle. 

The calls reflect not only the deepening divide between the two partisan poles on immigration -- with one side seeking a border wall, and the other looking to dismantle the lead enforcement agency -- but the growing influence of the progressive wing. 

More and more Democratic politicians have embraced such causes as 'Medicare for all' and a federal jobs guarantee. Now, they're getting behind the call to abolish ICE, with gusto.

Perhaps no 2018 moment better captured that growing influence than liberal primary challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's shocking victory Tuesday night over Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., a member of party leadership.

Ocasio-Cortez ran on all three of those platforms, and even protested outside an ICE center in Texas. 

COMMENT:  This is extremism defined.  The crazies also want free college tuition.  They never say how they'll pay for all this, but you may be sure that gutting the defense budget and dramatically increasing taxes will be the first steps.

If this country is dumb enough to go full Venezuela, you may well see an exodus of our most productive citizens, with America turned into the new Russia, essentially a third-world country with some muscle.  Believe it or not, there are many on the left who dream of that.

June 28, 2018