BloggeRhythms

Those on the left, and the MSM in particular, are having a field day now that the health care tax repeal and replace effort by their rivals has failed. 

Nonetheless, the new POTUS is taking the loss in stride by treating the defeat as part of the learning curve, saying he’s gained from the experience.  

According to Stephen Collinson, Dana Bash, Phil Mattingly, Deirdre Walsh, Lauren Fox and MJ Lee @cnn.com, the president said: “This was an interesting period of time. We all learned a lot. We learned a lot about loyalty and we learned a lot about the vote getting process. And we learned about very arcane rules in both the Senate and the House. 

"Certainly for me it was a very interesting experience, but for me, it'll be an experience that leads to an even better health care plan."  

Then, at the same time, a different kind of measure of acceptance was found @FoxNews.com where it was reported that: “A series of controversies and a stalled legislative agenda might be a drag on President Trump’s approval ratings, but campaign finance records show Democrats have failed to cash in on the chaos. 

“Despite making a money pitch after every misstatement or errant tweet, the Democratic National Committee raised $6.4 million last month, compared to $9.5 million pulled in by the Republican National Committee, according to FEC reports filed Monday.”  

Republicans attained a record-setting $20 million haul in January,  doubling “the total raised by their Democratic counterpart in the first two months of 2017.”  

“To date, the RNC has outpaced the Democrats with nearly $30 million in total receipts, compared with nearly $11.5 million for the DNC.” At the same time: “Republican campaign committees have raised nearly $60 million, as opposed to the $36.6 million in receipts brought in by the Democrats,” also according to the FEC. 

“The lackluster showing by the DNC is made worse by the fact the party has $10.2 million in cash-on-hand, compared with $39.2 million in GOP coffers – despite the DNC spending $4 million more this year. 

“In addition, the DNC is carrying $2.8 million in debt, while the RNC has none.” 

All of which serves to validate that mainstream voters across Middle-America seem far less concerned with the pace of day-to-day legislative change than they are with insuring that Republicans attain and remain in office everywhere possible.   

As a practical matter, it’s also not surprising that Democrats are having trouble raising money when their leadership sounds like has-been’s and also-ran’s while whining like the sorest kinds of losers.   

A case in point illustrates that while it’s really not material that nominee Gorsuch got no Democrat votes because that was expected to begin with, of all the things that Schumer could have said about the nominee, his statement sounded both vapid and lackluster. 

Among five senators declaring their opposition Thursday, even before the Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination had ended, Schumer told Politico he would lead a filibuster against Gorsuch. 

While the filibuster may or may not happen, Schumer’s commentary was so out of sync with the particular Supreme Court candidate he sounded like Gorsuch’s testimony came from someone else.  

Schumer criticized Gorsuch as a judge who “almost instinctively favors the powerful over the weak, and that there’s been an almost seismic shift in the caucus [against] Gorsuch,” while “He did not win anybody over with his testimony.” 

.And then, Schumer said Gorsuch “would not serve as a check on Trump or be a mainstream justice,” which is precisely what Supreme Court justices (and all others) are supposed to do. Their commitment is to the original understanding of the constitution and the rule of law, without any kind of favoritism, predilection or other outside interests whatsoever. 

Which means that Schumer doesn’t really want a true “justice” of any sort on any court. What he’s really seeking is a controllable political hack in a robe.  

Up next is a short entry from Jordan Fabian @thehill.com that simply relates about a White House visit by FBI Director Comey yesterday. 

All that’s known is: “The White House said Comey visited to attend a “routine interagency meeting,” but did not say with whom he met. 

“No meeting with Comey was listed on the president's public schedule. Comey was spotted leaving the White House less than an hour later after television cameras showed him entering the West Wing.” 

While the article itself offers no real news value, reader’s responses indicate significant interest in the subject. 2,094 “shared” the article while another 1448 posted comments, one of which follows below: 

BecauseReasons commented: 

“Conspiracies begin! 

“From the Right: He's there to brief Trump on Obama's upcoming arrest.
From the Left: He's there to warn Trump on Trump's upcoming arrest.
From Russia: He's delivering Trump our check.
From Poland: Who is Comey?
From Mexico: How did he get over the wall?
From the Secret Service: How did he get over the wall?
From Wolf Blitzer (CNN): BREAKING NEWS! This just in! My coffee is cold!
From Fox News: CNN lied about cold coffee. It was hot. Also in a Happy Holiday mug!
From MSNBC's Maddow: after 15 minutes of set up.... it was TEA!” 

And in closing, after the heath care tax defeat Hillary Clinton tweeted: “Today was a victory for all Americans.” 

Which goes to reaffirm that she still understands little to nothing about what Middle-America really thinks. Because it’s certainly quite well-known that those whose health-care provision, and access to it, have diminished while costs have risen in multiples believe they are Americans too. 

That’s it for today folks. 

Adios