Some of what they will find objectionable merits further scrutiny; some could be disabling.  On the other hand, it is precisely her differences from the others that make her candidacy interesting and potentially constructive.  If she is different from the others in the way that she seems to be, I say: vive la difference!

I would therefore urge everybody who wants to build a Left alternative within the framework of the Democratic Party to check her out.

By Jonah Goldberg @ NationalReview.com, Jan. 17

[....] I’m not taking Pelosi’s side in this as a political or policy matter, but I would love to see it dawn on Congress that the executive branch is not in fact the boss of the legislative branch and that, over the long term, Congress actually has a lot more power over the executive than the other way around. Given the politics of the moment, I think things would have to get a lot worse before GOP congressmen see themselves more as defenders of their institution than their party. But it seems this is the way such a long-overdue awakening could start [....]

Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin.

By Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier @ BuzzFeedNews.com, January 17, 10:11 p.m. ET

President Donald Trump directed his longtime attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, according to two federal law enforcement officials involved in an investigation of the matter.