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Today’s items are most interesting whereas they crystalize the futility of the Democrats inane decision to refute any and all of the new POTUS’s plans and objectives for the nation, regardless. The wrongheadedness of the leftist strategy is reflected in poll results in three major areas; immigration, the economy and inter-party cooperation, all of which strongly support the president’s actions to date.      

For the left, obstructionism has reached the point where Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee, told House Democrats this morning that "she will not attend the president’s address to Congress this evening,” because she doesn't think she would be able to control herself, according to Democrats in the room for the caucus meeting.

Meghan Keneally @abcnews.go.com, reports that Waters told ABC News in an interview after a meeting yesterday that “The president is not going to say what I want him to say. He's gonna take credit for everything." 

One of Trump's loudest critics on Capitol Hill, she’s “called his team a "bunch of scumbags" and said he is "leading himself" to impeachment, her words being truly something to be proud of and a representation of the dignity, grace and professionalism of leading Democrat intellectuals.      

On the other hand however, while Democrat leadership continues its hollow disruptiveness, lacking any meaningful platform of its own, key statistics illustrate that the voting public not only doesn’t agree with them, but seem to be getting fed up with their rebellious attitude altogether.      

According to rasmussenreports.com this morning: “Most voters agree that it’s bad for America and bad for the Democratic Party if Democrats continue to flat out oppose everything President Trump does. Even Democrats are conflicted about their party’s scorched earth policy.”

Only “29% of all Likely U.S. Voters think it’s better for the country if Democrats oppose the president in every way possible. Sixty-three percent (63%) say it’s better for the country if Democrats try to work with the president instead.”   

When asked about the impact of the Democrats’ strategy only 29% say it’s better for the Democratic Party if Democrats oppose the president in every way possible while “most voters in nearly every demographic category think it’s bad for the country and bad for Democrats if they totally oppose Trump and his agenda.” 

Not surprisingly, most self-described politically liberal voters believe it is better for America and better for the Democratic Party to fight the president in every way possible while an overwhelming majority of conservatives and most moderates disagree. 

Beyond the overall current poll results what’s of the very most importance to the administration is that a majority of all voters – “including half of Democrats - say Democrats in Congress won't be able to halt the president’s agenda. 

“Eighty-three percent (83%) believe Trump is likely to reverse or abolish most of President Obama’s accomplishments. 

And presently, forty-five percent (45%) of voters say the country is headed in the right direction which compares to 29% a year ago “and is higher than during any week of Obama’s presidency.”

On a particular matter, Stephen Dinan wrote @washingtontimes.com that illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in January, compared to December. The “flow of both illegal immigrant families and children traveling alone dried up, according to numbers released by Customs and Border Protection on Monday.”

Total apprehensions of migrants trying to sneak across the border fell 27 percent on a month-to-month basis, to 31,575 while the number of inadmissible migrants showing up at the Southwest's ports of entry fell 28 percent, to 10,899.

To that reader JapaneseRamenNoodle commented: “Trump is already making America great again! 

“Of course, we still need to deport the millions of illegal immigrants who pompously demand that we take care of the people that other countries refuse to take care of. 

“We DO take in millions of legal immigrants -- gladly so -- if they are willing to follow the law, contribute to this nation and break ties with any nation or cultural norms that are incompatible with this free society.” 

And JapaneseRamenNoodle's summation pretty much reflected the thoughts of most who read the article.    

At the same time, another indicator of what the public really thinks came from Jonathan Garber @businessinsider.com who reported that the “Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to 114.8 in February from January's print of 111.8, making for the best reading since July 2001 a 15 year high.”  

“The internals of the report looked good as the Present Situation Index jumped 3.4 points to 133.4 and the Expectations Index climbed 3.1 points to 102.4.  

“February's reading topped the 15-year high of 113.7 set back in December after Donald Trump's election victory.  

Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, said in the report: “Consumers rated current business and labor market conditions more favorably this month than in January. Expectations improved regarding the short-term outlook for business, and to a lesser degree jobs and income prospects.” 

And then Ms Franco went on to make the most important point: “Overall, consumers expect the economy to continue expanding in the months ahead.” 

All of which boils down to a summation of the miserable quandary in which the left has purposefully placed itself. Because the more they complain and try to obstruct what is proving to be a welcomed recovery by the majority of voters, the more they isolate themselves from that success. 

And as far as their basic capabilities are concerned, they also aren’t helped when one of their most revered idols can’t even open the right envelope on national television viewed by 32.9 million other idolaters. Pathetic is an understatement.    

That's it for today folks. 

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