Mark Patricks – It’s been eight months since the presidential election and more than nine months since the rumors began about Russian collusion with the Trump campaign that supposedly affected the outcome of the election. The Democrats are rapidly learning the lesson that you can’t keep obstructing the government that people are for the most part happy with. And you can’t peddle a narrative without showing any proof at all.

A new poll conducted by Harvard University and Harris Polls for the website The Hill shows that 64 percent of Americans think the investigations into Russian collusion — by independent Special Counsel Robert Mueller and otherwise — are hurting the country. At least 73 percent of people polled — 81 percent of Republicans, 68 percent of Democrats and 74 percent of independents — also believe that the investigations are distracting Congress from getting to work on more pressing issues such as tax reform and health care. About 56 percent of people would like to see Congress and the media move on to more important matters.

Says Mark Penn, one of the co-directors of the poll, “Most voters believe that the president’s actions don’t rise to the level of impeachable offenses, even if some of them [such as his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey] were inappropriate.” Continue reading →