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

MIRACLE? –  The polling is essentially over.  There may be a few late numbers tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.  One late poll is fascinating.  It reports that, in Michigan, our terrific GOP African-American West Point graduate, candidate for the US Senate, John James, is closing fast on incumbent Dem Senator Debbie Stabenow.  According to this one poll, James is only three points behind Stabenow, who led him by double digits only weeks ago.  There may not be enough time to slam-dunk this, but John James is a man to watch.  You may have seen him interviewed on TV.  First-class guy.

DEMS IN THE PLAYPEN – FROM DAILYWIRE.COM:   Democrats are paying visits to their therapists, complaining of "post traumatic stress disorder," "nightmares," and "anxiety" ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, according to a report from Politico.  "Haunted by memories of 2016, liberals around the country are riven with anxiety in the campaign’s homestretch," the Washington, D.C.-based outlet claims, adding that leftists are grappling with the possibility that most polls -- like in 2016 -- are wrong, and that rumors of a "blue wave" are far overstated.  "Some report literal nightmares about a Democratic wipe-out," Politico adds.  “We're kind of just in the bed-wetting phase now," a Democratic pollster, who worked alongside the Hillary Clinton campaign in 2016 said in an interview with Politico. Another, a former Pelosi staffer, said she suffers from nightmares every night, after falling asleep reading the latest polls.  Others are “eating their feelings," according to a YouGov poll released just last week, and still others are complaining of symptoms of "post traumatic stress disorder" or PTSD.  Once the party of Roosevelt, Truman, and Kennedy.  No more.

SARAH SPEAKS – FROM FOX:   Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blasted "Saturday Night Live" creator and producer Lorne Michaels after a comic on the show made fun of a Texas GOP congressional candidate who lost an eye serving in Afghanistan.  Comedian Pete Davidson joked about retired Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw's eye patch, saying he looks like a pirate in a pornographic film.  Davidson, 24, giggled afterwards, saying, "Sorry. I know he lost his eye in war, or whatever."  While Crenshaw said Monday on "Fox & Friends" that he would not demand an apology from Davidson or the show, Palin fired back at Michaels on Facebook.  "With all the grace I can muster I challenge you to wrestle back control of the show you’d shepherded, but allowed to be hijacked by some pretty sick - and boringly uncreative - young men," she said of Michaels, 73.  "You’re going down with the ship, Lorne. Sad to see your life’s work and worth crumble under the heartless no-talents."   Well said, like the "original" Sarah we once knew.  Is she preparing to return to public life? 

November 5, 2018