SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M. ET: 

ET TU, CHELS – Early in the week Bill Clinton spoke about the awful legacy of the last eight years.  It seemed he was going after Obama, although the damage-control squad later claimed he was really talking about the Republican Congress, even though the GOP has only controlled Congress for the last five years.  Now Chelsea Clinton is chiming in.  From Weekly Standard:   A video shows Chelsea Clinton blasting the "crushing costs" of President Barack Obama's signature legislation. In the video, Chelsea Clinton tells a crowd that her mother, Hillary Clinton, is open to using executive action to reduce "crushing costs" of Obamacare.  "...cap on out of pocket expenses. This was part of my mom's original plan back in '93 and '94, as well as premium costs. We can either do that directly or through tax credits. And, kind of figuring out whether she could do that through executive action, or she would need to do that through tax credits working with Congress. She thinks either of those will help solve the challenge of kind of the crushing costs that still exist for too many people, who even are part of the Affordable Care Act and buying insurance..."  What's going on here?  Hillary needs Obama, and yet the Clintons are trashing him.  Do they know something about the FBI investigation and how Obama will handle the results?  Hmm.

WALKER PREDICTS – From the Madison Capital Times:  If the Republican Party finds itself with an open convention in July, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker believes the nominee may not be Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or John Kasich.  "I think if it’s an open convention, it’s very likely it would be someone who’s not currently running," Walker told reporters Thursday. "I mean, who knows. The one thing I qualify — it’s like the qualifications you see on those ads you see for car dealerships. I think any of us who comment on this election have to qualify that almost every prediction’s been off, so it’s hard to predict anything."  The governor, who ended his own presidential campaign in September, has yet to endorse a candidate. He plans to decide whether to endorse within the next few days, he said.   There is speculation he'll endorse Cruz.  If he can carry Wisconsin for Cruz, the chances of an open convention grow greater.  Maybe Walker sees himself as the emerging hero. 

MAJOR CRIME NEWS – From Fox:   A 12-year-old girl was arrested and booked into juvenile detention after she allegedly pinched a boy’s butt in school during what she described as a popular game at her Florida school.  The girl is facing misdemeanor battery charges after the incident at Milwee Middle School, which is outside Orlando, and was reportedly read her Miranda Rights, put in the back of a patrol car and later charged.  “Lord, lord, lordy. . . what has this world come to?” asked the girl’s father, whose first name is Ray. “Kids can’t even be kids, and that’s basically what it is. She’s 12 years old, she was acting like a 12-year-old child.”  I personally feel safer knowing that this predator is behind bars.  I've seen her kind.  Today it's a pinch, tomorrow it's God-knows-what.  Thank goodness for the brave educators who met the menace head-on and turned her in.  Stop laughing. 

March 24, 2016