WELL, IT WAS ALL TWADDLE BUILT UP TO EXCUSE A HUMILIATING DEFEAT: Politico: Democrats fear Russia probe blowback. “We need to talk about what people think about when they wake up in the morning, and it’s not Russia. . . . The more we talk about stuff that voters don’t truly care about in their daily lives … it confirms that the Democratic Party’s brain has been eaten by the elites in Washington who have been sitting fat and happy for a lot of years while working Americans have lost their jobs and lost confidence in the future.” Trouble is, the Colbert base won’t let go of the issue.