SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:54 P.M. ET: 

HILLARY SWEATS – From Fox:   The Justice Department has reportedly granted immunity to a former State Department staffer who worked on Hillary Clinton’s private email server.  A senior U.S. law enforcement official told The Washington Post on Wednesday that the FBI secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who worked on Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the private server at her New York home in 2009.  Current and former agents told the newspaper that agents will likely want to interview Clinton and her senior aides about the decision to use a private server, and whether any of the participants knew they were sending classified information in emails as part of the ongoing investigation.  This is a very big deal.  This guy took the Fifth when testifying before Congress because he didn't have immunity.  Now that he has it, he can sing.  Hillary must not be amused.

AMERICA MARCHES ON – From Gateway Pundit:  A reporter at a DFL caucus for Minnesota’s House District 60B could not report on the candidates’ speeches to caucus attendees because the speeches were only given in Somali.  Eric Roper with the Minneapolis Star-Tribune posted a series of tweets from the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis about the caucus. English speakers were in short supply in the area now populated by Somali refugees.  “Several Hillary Clinton supporters in this crowd in the center, I learned through a multi-person interpreter.”  Hey, shouldn't we all learn Somali?  It's the multicultural thing to do.  Down with the colonial language!

ROMNEY SPEAKS – There is semi-anticipation over the speech Mitt Romney is giving tomorrow in Utah.  The 2012 Republican presidential candidate is expected to vigorously denounce Donald Trump and warn of same.   I'll certainly watch it, but I wonder how much clout Romney has with the public.  He's hardly been in the news for the last four years, and he did lose in 2012.  Of course, it's possible, though unlikely, that Romney could offer himself as an alternative to Trump.  It's also possible, but unlikely, that he will announce the formation of a new party, or a new faction within the GOP.  Romney is clearly making his statement with the hope of shaking up the race.  But what has he shaken up lately? 

March 2,  2016