Ted Cruz has himself a silver dollar idea that we can just wait for the Supreme Court to all die off and then be done with them.

In a vintage return to his confrontational style, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that Republicans could seek to block a Democratic president from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat indefinitely.

Indefinitely is a real long time.  That’s a week longer than forever, I think.

Luckily, I don’t suspect Cruz will survive a primary opponent.  He’s managed to hack off both sides of the Texas GOP.  So, let’s just not fill his seat.

Add another name to the list of people that Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginnie, calls at 7:30 on a Saturday morning asking for an apology.

An Alaska lawyer says that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas groped her at a 1999 dinner party, according to a report.

“He groped me while I was setting the table, suggesting I should sit ‘right next to him,’” said Moira Smith, who was 23 at the time and is now a vice president and counsel at Enstar Natural Gas Co.

This would have happened while Thomas was on the court.

I’ve always thought Thomas is creepy.  Still do.

Thanks to Barbie for the heads up.

The Atlantic has a gotcha! story about the city of Brotherly Love.  A block walker for Clinton discovers —

A few houses down, a middle-aged black woman with carefully penciled-in eyebrows and curly, graying hair answered the door. She looked at the Clinton flier and frowned. “I’m sorry, I’m voting for Trump,” she said, handing the flier back to Lewis.

Then she doubled over with laughter. “I lied! Gotcha!” She wiped her eyes, and leaned against the door frame. “No way in hell.”

Look, I have no problem with keeping Democrats scared to death that Trump might win, but the race is not tightening.  But, please keep that a secret.

Report from Hazel’s phone banking team.  Here’s the team yesterday with one of our candidates, Brian Middleton.  You guys have helped Fort Bend tremendously and in addition to that, helped hard-working folks have a little better Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I deeply and sincerely thank you for that.

The team has grown to 10 people working all day or part time from Hazel’s house.  They come in the afternoon and she fixes dinner for them.

Here’s the calls they have made in the past two days.  (Hazel says to tell you that she didn’t make the most calls – two other people use her log-in numbers on her computer!)  I took off the last names of our team.

I just wanted you to see where your money is going and that it’s paying for something wonderful.

Thank you, guys.  Hazel says y’all rock and Hazel never lies.

Honey, Honey, Honey, you ain’t the only one who knows Donald Trump is gonna be beat like a bongo drums at Matthew McConaughey’s house.  House Republicans also know it.

Yeah, they haven’t already pissed off women enough.  They need to do some more of that.

Jason Chaffetz, the Utah congressman wrapping up his first term atop the powerful House Oversight Committee, unendorsed Donald Trump weeks ago. That freed him up to prepare for something else: spending years, come January, probing the record of a President Hillary Clinton.

“It’s a target-rich environment,” the Republican said in an interview in Salt Lake City’s suburbs. “Even before we get to Day One, we’ve got two years’ worth of material already lined up. She has four years of history at the State Department, and it ain’t good.”

A target-rich environment?  They’re gonna carpet bomb Hillary?

Thanks to Bryan for the heads up.

Here’s how you know the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

Republicans in Michigan cancelled their election night victory party.

But the state Republican Party is taking this year off, citing the cost and the fact there isn’t a statewide race at the top of ticket or special connection to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump or his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.

“It is a costly endeavor and we are using all available resources to elect Republicans,” said Sarah Anderson, communications director for the Michigan Republican Party.

That’s a weird way to throw in the towel, don’t you think.  I mean, that has to be real uplifting for the down ballot Republican candidates.

Honey, I live in Texas where Democrats haven’t won anything since Elvis died.  But, hell, we party on election night anyway.  We’ve been known to get drunk and dance on tables.  And by we, I mean me.

I have to share a sweet little story with you.  At our state convention during the senatorial district meetings, we elect “electors” who go to the state capitol and cast a vote toward our state’s electoral votes.  If Republicans win the state, their delegates go.  If Democrats win the state, they go – at least we think so because that’s the best we can remember.

Since Democrats haven’t carried the state in decades, it’s an honorary position and delegates vote to give it to someone who worked hard or is elderly and needs honoring.  The guy we elected in my senatorial district lives in a small county and holds garage sales to open a headquarters.  (Y’all paid for his county’s ballot by mail program and he almost cried when I told him.)  He has done this for years and it pleased him greatly to win this honor by acclamation.

Holy cow, y’all, I will dance in the street if Hillary carries Texas and Jose gets to go cast my district’s vote for Hillary Clinton.  I swear I’ll cry.