SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:24 P.M. ET: 

WILL WILLIAMS WALK THE PLANK? – From The Politico:  "Longtime broadcast executives say a triple crown of leaks about Brian Williams late last week appear to be an effort by NBC News to shame him into resigning, to avoid the messiness and possible additional expense of the firing. The brutal leaks were designed to send the message to Brian Williams and his superlawyer, Robert Barnett: 'You’re dead. Now negotiate.'"  I can't see how Williams can return to an anchor position if the leaks are true, that NBC has found many instances of him distorting his own record.  But strange things happen in television, especially when ratings are considered.

HILLARY MONEY MAN CLOSES COOKIE JAR – From the Washington Times:  "A top Democratic moneyman recruited by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign has put fundraising activities on hold, saying he can’t do it with a clear conscience because the former secretary of state has too many unanswered questions swirling around her.  New York businessman Jon Cooper, who Team Clinton enlisted for its elite corps of early fundraisers known as 'HillStarters,' said that he decided not to tap his donor network for Mrs. Clinton because she hasn’t provided enough answers about foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation while she ran the State Department, her exclusive use of private email for official business as America’s top diplomat and her commitment to liberal priorities."  I'm afraid that last point might be the real reason.  The liberal elites really want a nominee to the left of Clinton. 

CRUZ WARNS – From The Hill:  "Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Saturday said Democrats had gone to extremes in their persecution of Christians.  'Today’s Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today’s Democratic Party,' he said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit in Waukee, Iowa.  'There is a liberal fascism that is going after Christian believers,' the 2016 GOP presidential candidate continued.  'It is heartbreaking,' Cruz argued. 'But it is so extreme, it is waking people up.'"  He is correct in his diagnosis.  The Democratic Party of today has essentially expelled people of faith, who at one time were a major part of the party's base.   Evangelical Christians of the South coexisted with traditional Catholics in the North.  And it was a national defense party.  The good old days.

April 26,  2015