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

HOW LOW CAN YOU GET? – FROM THE NEW YORK POST:  A former clerk to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was accused by Twitter trolls of using a “white supremacist” symbol — even though the woman is of Mexican and Jewish heritage.  Zina Bash was attending Kavanaugh’s nomination hearing on Tuesday when cameras caught her resting her arm in a way that some construed as a controversial symbol used by the alt-right.  “What fresh hell is this!!!???” activist Amy Siskind wrote on Twitter about the image.  “Kavanaugh’s assistant Zina Bash giving the white power sign right behind him during the hearing? This alone should be disqualify!!!”  The odd allegation spread across the internet, but was quickly debunked by Bash’s friends and family.  As usual, the race card was played early.  It is really the only thing the left has.  It is the new McCarthyism.

ANOTHER CLOWN FOR THE CIRCUS – FROM FOX:  Boston city councilor Ayanna Pressley unseated 10-term U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano in a Democratic primary Tuesday in the latest shakeup of the House Democratic caucus by a far-left challenger.  Capuano conceded defeat to Pressley in the race to represent Massachusetts' 7th District approximately 30 minutes before The Associated Press formally called the race. With 69 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday, Pressley had the lead by 10,682 votes.  The media will make much of this, but we shouldn't.  The district is heavily minority, and Capuano, although a "progressive," is an old warhorse.  The issue is how far to the left Democrats want to go.  When they've tried this before, American voters sent them corrective messages. 

SOME EARLY POLLS ARE DEPRESSING – FROM NBC:   Democratic candidate and Mayor of Tallahassee Andrew Gillum has a slight lead over U.S. Representative and Republican candidate Ron DeSantis in Florida's governor's race, according to a new poll by Quinnipiac University.  The poll found that 50 percent of likely voters would vote Gillum, and 47 percent would vote DeSantis.  Men back DeSantis 52 to 45 percent, while women back Gillum 55 to 42 percent, according to the poll.  Not good, not good.  Gillum is a socialist, backed by Bernie Sanders and George Soros.  He presides over a city with the highest crime rate in Florida, and many voters apparently don't care.  Of course, this is only one poll, and the campaign has just begun.  Polls in some other places show equally depressing results, at least for now.  Midterms are usually turnout elections, dependent on which side can get its voters out.   It's time to fight.

September 4, 2018