SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET:

SHE HAS COME TO SAVE US – Following Emperor Obama we now have Queen Hillary, who has interrupted her busy schedule of $200,000 a pop speeches to condescend to run for office.  She launched her campaign today.  Notice the difference?  Why, peace has come to the Earth, the oceans have receded, humankind is soaring, and...and...  Wait, that was Obama.  Hillary?  Well, she brought a slickly produced first campaign ad showing the ordinary peasantry at work, and assuring us that she is there for them.  Never mind that Bill has made an estimated $100-million since leaving the White House.  At heart, Hillary is just a super-competent grandma who understands how to plant a flower garden at call a baby sitter.  It reminded me of the song from Camelot, "What Do the Simple Folk Do?"  I wasn't very impressed.  It was high-gloss pandering, with no sense of us being part of a great nation.

I LOVE IT!  THEY'RE ATTACKING EACH OTHER ALREADY – It didn't take long after Hillary's announcement for the knives to come out.  The first blade was directed at her former campaign manager, now the mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio.  The charge:  Insufficient loyalty.  From Weekly Standard:  "Earlier today, Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager, Bill de Blasio, passed up an opportunity to endorse his former boss. De Blasio, the mayor of New York City, told NBC's Chuck Todd he'd wait to see 'an actual vision' from Clinton before offering his support.  But that appears to have upset a leader of the pro-Clinton super PAC Ready for Hillary.  Hilary Rosen, who is on the super PAC's finance council, took to Twitter to voice her displeasure.  '@BilldeBlasio's self aggrandizing on #MeetthePress at @hillaryclintons expense won't go un noticed. #Ridiculous,' tweeted Rosen, a Democratic strategist."  Yeah, a real hot strategist.  Attacking the mayor of the country's largest city because he's delaying his endorsement may well reflect the real personality of Clinton's campaign.  I'm not surprised.

ADVICE FROM THE CUBAN REGIME – From ABC News:  "Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told ABC news in an exclusive interview hours after the famous handshake between Raul Castro and Barack Obama that the U.S. president should use executive action to remove parts of the embargo immediately.  'The U.S. president keeps very broad basis, very wide executive powers, for use in with a real determination and the president could make the difference in the practical implementation of the blockade,' he said. 'And there is a practical indication to engage to the congress in a debate on these matters.'"  Thanks for the advice.  But I do think we can make these decisions by ourselves.  When Bibi spoke before Congress, the Obamans accused him of interfering in the internal affairs of the United States.  I wonder if the same charge will now be made against the Cuban foreign minister.  Don't hold your breath.  We know where Obama's sympathies lie.

April 12,  2015