Tanned, rested and ready?

That would be Hillary Clinton, who might just be amenable to being on the 2020 Democrat ticket.

The source? The Drudge Report, which I call the Dredge Report. As in, it dredges up some interesting and foul stuff. But, who knows? Maybe this time it’s real. As reported in the Washington Examiner,

The top right-leaning news aggregator, citing sources close to the Bloomberg team, reported on Saturday that the former New York mayor is contemplating Clinton as a vice presidential running mate after his campaign’s polling found the combination would go over well with voters.

Two points, after stating that I believe that anything reported on Drudge is suspect.

First, while we may detest Hillary (include me in this), more than half of the voters liked her more than Trump in 2016.

Second, I don’t know but strongly suspect that the Clintons still have some sway with sane DNC wallahs. Who, given the possibility that Hillary might be on their ticket, may be more inclined to tip the scales for Bloomberg come the convention.

Let’s just say that those who are power brokers in the Democratic Party must be dismayed at the far leftward tilt among the current crop of candidates. Not including Joe Biden, who appears to be well beyond his sell-by date.

A brokered convention would be very popcorn worthy. Or, as a conservative, I say, bring it on, and let’s go with Conan the Barbarian on what is best in life: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.” 

Once in love with Amy…

…always in love with Amy. Old song, best sung by Frank Sinatra (as so many were). Amy, in this case, being Amy Klobuchar, now doing better in the Democratic primary. Better; not leading, but…

She has been sold as being “Minnesota nice.” With allegations of abuse of her Senate tarnishing that claim. Allegations are easy to make, and I’ve no inside information. But what I’ve seen of her in debates shows me that she is reasonably close to being an actual and capable “moderate.”

Unlike some others I could name but would rather not soil my blog by mentioning. For certain she is a liberal but she is far from Commie Bernie Sanders brand of crazy. Doesn’t appear that way, so far.

Should Amy K. be the nominee, I’m sure Trump will find some malevolent and creative things to call her. He’s good at that sort of thing. But I’m guessing that a) they won’t stick, and b) they’ll boomerang because it will make Trump look like a middle school bully. Goodbye suburban housewife vote.

Me, I’m rooting for Bernie to garner enough delegates to give the DNC heart palpitations as they try to “fix” the nomination (is Hillary tanned, ready, and rested?).

Dems, listen to the Ragin’ Cajun if you know what’s good for you. Amy K. might be the antidote to the Woke Olympics that is the Dem primary so far.

Two-thirds and three-fourths

Two-thirds and three-fourths. Those are the fractions that must be acknowledged by anyone who might think it worthwhile to attempt to change the Constitution.

In case one has not been paying attention, there’s a lot of hot air being expelled by Democratic candidates for president on this subject (e.g. here). Fun to spout words that sound and feel good to the sore losers from 2016, but to what end? How might this be done? It’s all in the handbook…

Any amendment that originates in Congress must be approved by two-thirds of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. If this happens, then the amendment is sent to the States. Three-fourths of the states must approve before the amendment is adopted. Think there are a sufficient number of smaller-population states (which is to say more than half of them) that are willing to eliminate their political clout in presidential elections?

The other route available for changing the Constitution? A new constitutional convention, which must be requested by, wait for it: two-thirds of the states. So far, this method has never been used for any of the amendments that have been adopted.

So, campers, 2/3 and ¾. Keep them in mind, and know how very hard it is to change anything in the Constitution. Which is a feature, not a bug.

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem…

Thus wailed the Hebrew captives brought in bondage to Babylon in Psalm 137.

To this day, Jerusalem remains the eternal and holy capitol for Israel and Jews worldwide. Why should Christians care? For the simplest of reasons: our Savior was a Jew. God chose the Hebrew people to produce a universal savior in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, who became the Christ.

Which brings us to the politics of today, in which one party, the Democrats, seem to now hate the Jewish state. But my knowledge of what Democrats used to believe continues to haunt me.

Compare and contrast: Harry Truman, on the same day (May 14, 1948) that Israel declared itself a nation, extended our recognition of that fact. Very much against the advice of diplomats at the State Department.

Fast forward to the current crop of Democratic hopefuls for 2020. Some of the more prominent boycotted AIPAC; didn’t want to offend the anti-Semites who appear to have captured the soul of the Democratic Party.

Having grown up in a strong union family, naturally I voted for Democrats. Took me a while, but I believe I now see with greater clarity. It is Republicans who support Jews and the world’s only Jewish state, Democrats who are anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic.

And let’s not have any faculty-lounge arguments of how anti-Zionism isn’t anti-Semitism. When dislike bordering on psychopathic hatred is directed against one and only one nation, Israel, that’s a pretty good indicator that the hater hates Israel for the crime of being the world’s only Jewish state.

Up the Middle

This is the title of a Wall Street Journal editorial today. Those who would rather see Trump win in 2020 should wish that a man (or woman) who is not a leftist ideologue does not prevail among the Democrats.

The subject of the editorial is Gov. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, who has entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. Wake up, this is actually real news. Yes, I know it’s more newsworthy when some Democrat announces he (or she, we mean you, Hillary) is not running.

But: I have a sneaking suspicion that rank-and-file Democrats, especially those who are registered to vote in primaries, may well prefer a candidate who is not an avowed socialist.

That species, so-called moderate Democrats, is rare on the ground these days. And some who call themselves moderate are actually not that at all. And one alleged front runner, Joe Biden, showed us lately that he no longer has a spine.

My take is that should an actual moderate Democrat be nominated, he or she will at the least give Trump a run for his money in the key Midwest states that propelled him to his Electoral College victory in 2016.

In fact, unless that candidate has some yet unknown baggage in their past, he or she will win.