SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:55 P.M. ET:

WAS ALMOST PRESIDENT – FROM DAILY CALLER:  Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton rejected calls of civility in a recent interview, calling for “strength and resolve” to resist President Trump.  The Guardian reports that when asked about some on the left becoming “uncivil” recently, she responded:  “‘Oh, give me a break,’ she erupts, eyes widening into indignation. ‘Give me a break! What is more uncivil and cruel than taking children away? It should be met with resolve and strength. And if some of that comes across as a little uncivil, well, children’s lives are at stake; their futures are at stake. That is that ridiculous concept of bothsideism.'”  Clinton also mocked people who call for civility in political discourse, imitating, “Well, you know, somebody made an insulting, profane remark about President Trump, and he separated 2,300 children from their families, that’s both sides, and we should stop being uncivil — oh, and, by the way, he should stop separating children.”  Hillary performs an important public service in constantly reminding us that we were right to keep her out of the Oval Office.

JULY 9th – FROM CBS NEWS –  President Trump said he is interviewing six or seven people and plans to announce his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on July 9. Among the candidates he's considering are two women, and he told reporters that he might meet with candidates over a golf weekend.   CBS News has learned that the two leading contenders right now are D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh and 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Mr. Trump is also considering 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Amul Thapar, who would become the first Indian American to serve on the Supreme Court if selected.   Aboard Air Force One on the way to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the president also said it was inappropriate to discuss whether he was looking for a justice who would be willing to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court 1973 case legalizing abortion.  Trump has got to dance around Roe because two Republican senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, are committed to maintaining it. 

MADNESS – FROM POWERLINE:  A poll by YouGov shows that half of Democrats think it was “fair” to kick Sarah Sanders out of that restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. Only a third of Dems think it was unfair.
These numbers are, within a one percentage point, the reverse of what Americans as a whole believe about the incident. No wonder the Democratic establishment frets about the unhinged left. Arguably, it should be freaking out.  When Bill Clinton broke the Republicans' near stranglehold on the presidency, he did so by presenting himself as a center-left candidate who stood up to the radical fringe of his party. The Sister Souljah moment was key for him.  As I said yesterday, though, it’s doubtful that this kind of moment is available to Democrats who seek the presidency now. Indeed, the YouGov poll, among other developments, suggests that “Sister Souljah” Democrats may outnumber the Bill Clinton kind.  However, the rest of America doesn’t seem to have shifted dramatically leftward. Hence, the fretting of the Democratic establishment.  The Democratic left has gone nuts, but that's not the way the mainstream media reports it.  As always, the mainstreamers protect their "progressive" friends.

June 29, 2018