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

TAKE IT OR LEVE IT – FROM FOX:   White House officials said late Thursday President Trump wants the House to vote Friday on the legislation to begin dismantling ObamaCare, and if it fails, he is “done with health care,” and ready to move on to tax reform, a source told Fox News.  "My understanding is he’s going to get it," White House Press Secretary Sean Spicier said on "The O'Neill Factor."  "We’re hoping to make this the last anniversary that any American has to suffer under ObamaCare by instilling a patient-centric health care system in place, and the president has made that case to members throughout the spectrum of the Republican conference, and tomorrow, it’s time to vote," he added.  If the GOP plan goes down to defeat, Obamacare will remain, and continue in its death spiral.  Then what do you take home to the voters.

IMAGINE IF THEY HAD TO FIGHT THE DEPRESSION, AND THEN WORLD WAR II – FROM THE WRAP:   Turns out, you might be a millennial and not even know it. Even if you’re approaching 40.  According to new research by CBS’ TV ratings guru David Pollack and Nielsen Catalina Solutions, the youngest millennial should be graduating college this year — but that does’t mean they all consider themselves adults.  The median age of millennial is 30, Pollack says — meaning that half are older and half are younger. And 30 happens to be the age at which millennial tend to self-identify as adults, Pollack said. For these purposes, an “adult” is defined as “someone who has moved out of their parents’ home, has a job, and pays their own bills.”  This encourages me to pursue my idea of raising the voting age to 25.  Frankly, I'd prefer 50, but I won't push my luck.

I WONDER WHY – FROM CNS:   (CNSNews.com) - The counties containing Chicago, Detroit and the independent city of Baltimore were the biggest population losers in the United States from 2015 to 2016, according to data released today by the Census Bureau.  Cook County, Ill., where Chicago is the county seat, had the largest population loss of any county in the country from 2015 and 2016.  Between July 1, 2015 and July 1, 2016, Cook County lost a net of 21,324 people to hit 5,203,499, according to the Census Bureau.  Even while it was experiencing the largest net population loss of any county in the country, Cook Count was seeing an influx of migrants from foreign countries and more births than deaths.  Who wants to live in a shooting gallery?

March 23, 2017