Michael Barone: The Base`s Rage Ill Serves the Democratic Party
(WorldNews Politics)

In a week chock-full of news, the party that on the night of Nov. 8 found itself, much to its surprise, very much out of power has been having difficulty finding a way to return. Democratic senators, urged on by the left blogosphere and party activists, peppered Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch with hostile questions, but to no apparent effect. They have failed to raise fears that Gorsuch would vote to repeal the 44-year-old Roe v. Wade, and their argument that he is a shill for big corporations is an obvious dud. But `the base` - or `the resistance,` as it calls itself, as if it were opposing Hitler - is demanding all-out opposition, including a filibuster. In which case Republicans will...