SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 9:35 P.M. ET:

OH SO SHY – More on Marco Rubio.  He's now announced that he will deliver what is billed as a major foreign-policy speech this Wednesday.  The speech will focus on American global leadership.  This man is not interested in being on the Republican ticket.  We insist on that.  Start laughing.  And get out your Romney/Rubio buttons.

UH, A LITTLE MISTAKE – One of the legendary scaremongers of the global-warming religion, one James Lovelock, is writing a new book, at age 92, admitting that he was an alarmist, and that all of his predictions were wrong.  He says, “The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but it hasn’t happened."  He points to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" as another example of alarmism.

"WAR ON WOMEN" CHARGE AGAINST GOP BACKFIRES – The Dems tried to portray Republicans as anti-woman, but most women aren't buying it.  A poll by The Hill reports that 46% of women voters feels Romney better understands their concerns, whereas 41% feel Obama is better.  The poll revealed, not a gender gap, but a marriage gap.  Obama does much better among single women, and Romney much better among married women.

ANOTHER GREAT MOMENT AT THE UN – The UN has decided to investigate the condition of native Americans.  Of course, we have great confidence in the UN and know that it will issue a fair and balanced report.  (Choke.)  Oh, by the way, the guy leading the "research" is a University of Arizona professor of "human rights" who has expressed deep support for native Americans before.  That's fine with me.  We should all support native Americans.  But we know what UN reports are like. 

April 23, 2012