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

COULD BE BIG – In a major development, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, the odds-on favorite to be the next Senate Minority Leader once Harry Reid retires, has placed himself in direct confrontation with President Obama.  From the Politico:  "Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer, one of Capitol Hill’s most influential voices in the Iran nuclear debate, is strongly endorsing passage of a law opposed by President Barack Obama that would give Congress an avenue to reject the White House-brokered framework unveiled last week.  The comments Monday by the Democratic leader-in-waiting illustrate the enormity of the task ahead for Obama and his team: While there’s no guarantee that Congress would ultimately reject an agreement with Iran, there’s an increasingly bipartisan consensus that Congress should at least have the ability to do so."  Schumer is intensely ambitious and is considered one of the smartest members of the Senate.  The fact that he's willing to take on Obama may signal that he knows the votes are there to override a threatened presidential veto.  Obama and the Democratic left will not be amused, and may now try to block Schumer's accession to the leadership, backing someone like Elizabeth Warren instead.  But I think Schumer has the votes in his pocket. 

THE LIBERAL REVOLVING DOOR – From NewsBusters:  "According to CNN, MSNBC regular Karen Finney will be joining the yet-to-be-announced Hillary Clinton presidential campaign as a communications adviser and spokesperson. In 2012, the liberal Finney bitterly connected Rush Limbaugh to the death of Trayvon Martin: 'Rush Limbaugh calls a presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama, a magic negro...In the case of Trayvon, those festering stereotypes had lethal consequences.'"  Repeat after me:  "There is no liberal bias in the press."  And stop laughing.

GREAT CANADA – Canada will not be lifting sanctions on Iran anytime soon, despite the deal being worked out in Switzerland, but will instead wait to see if Iran's actions warrant a lifting.  This will drive Obama crazy, and, observers say, increase his determination to see Canada's Prime Minister Steve Harper defeated in this fall's Canadian election.  Harper is pro-American and pro-Israeli, and therefore the Obamans dislike him intensely.  Oh, did I say that Harper also favored the Keystone Pipeline, which was to run from Canada to our Gulf coast, before Obama killed it?  Vote for Steve.

MILESTONE – From London's Daily Mail:  "A judge has given a New York City woman permission to become the first person to legally file for divorce from her elusive husband via a Facebook message.
The woman's lawyer says the ruling was made by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper.
The Daily News says Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku will be served with the divorce summons via a private Facebook message.  It will be repeated once a week for three consecutive weeks or until 'acknowledged' by Ellanora Baidoo's hard-to-find husband.  Attorney Andrew Spinnell says the couple married in 2009 in a civil ceremony."  On Facebook a divorce is called A Really Serious Defriending.

April 6, 2015