SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – at 11:52 P.M. ET: 

LAPDOGS – From Breitbart:  "On Monday evening, mainstream media reporters reportedly gave Hillary Clinton a standing ovation after she joked about her private email scandal and took no questions from the press–at an event honoring excellence in journalism.  According to a National Journal report, Clinton took no questions after her 20-minute speech in Washington, D.C., which prompted the Washington Post‘s Dan Balz, who won this year’s Robin Toner award for excellence in political reporting, to reportedly make Clinton an offer: 'I am happy to yield my time back to you if you want to take some questions.'  Time reported that 'Clinton received a standing ovation' anyway 'from the journalist-heavy crowd.'"  I fear that we may see a repeat of the press performance we saw in 2008. 

CORRUPTION WATCH – From WaPo:  "Not long before he became governor of Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe received special treatment on behalf of his electric-car company from a top official at the Department of Homeland Security, according to a new report from the department’s inspector general.  McAuliffe was among several politically powerful individuals from both parties, including Sen. Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.), seeking special visas for foreign investors through a program administered by the department. But intervention on behalf of McAuliffe’s GreenTech Automotive company by Alejandro Mayorkas, now the department’s No. 2 official, 'was unprecedented,' according to the report."  McAuliffe is a Clinton retainer.  As Virginia governor, he can help Hillary move to the White House.  But if there's a cloud hanging over him, maybe not.

WHAT RECOVERY? – From Business Insider:  "Nearly half of American households don't save any of their money.  If it it isn't obvious, this has a broad range of implications. People who don't save won't have any buffer should the economy turn and they lose their jobs. Longer term, people who don't save won't have the capacity to retire.  It's not good."  No it's not, and it's a sign of a weak economy, where wages haven't grown.  But that's okay.  Our kids'll pay for it.

HE'LL BE BACK – From AP:  "PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will be released from a federal prison on Thursday and will serve out the remainder of his term in a Washington, D.C., halfway house, former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy told The Associated Press after visiting Jackson.
Kennedy said he spoke with Jackson at the minimum security federal prison camp in Montgomery, Alabama, where the son of the civil rights leader has been serving a 2 ½-year sentence after pleading guilty to illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items.  Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, began the sentence on Nov. 1, 2013."  I have no doubt that Jackson, a symbol of racial and Chicago politics, will be back in Congress as soon as the backroom boys can bump someone else out of the job.

March 24,  2015