2017 Dems just rebels without a point

Could’ve done something, but cursed Trump instead

Democrats, what’s the point?

Here in Massachusetts, Democratic state Sen. Barbara L’Italien has proposed a bill enforcing so-called “net neutrality” on international internet providers at the state level. Apparently she believes Oliver Wendell Holmes’ hype that Boston is, in fact “The Hub Of The Solar System.” In reality, L’Italien’s bill is the statewide equivalent of Brookline’s styrofoam ban — it does absolutely no good and just makes the locals look dumb.

If you, too, flunked basic economics and support government bans on the internet equivalent of firstclass-vs.-coach air service, you’re destined to be disappointed. As the Boston Herald reports, “the FCC included a local pre-emption clause, which bars states from introducing their own net neutrality rules.”

So even with Attorney General Maura Healey’s net-neutrality lawsuit, the entire effort is simply pointless. Which may be the best word to describe the current state of the Democratic Party.

We’ve had a year of the least popular Republican president ever. His congressional allies’ poll numbers are even worse. On the generic ballot test — would you prefer a Republican or Democrat representing you in Congress — the GOP is down an eye-popping 18 percent, the biggest gap in a generation. Every morning, President Trump tweets out something either dopey, frightening or both. Every evening the media club him like a pro-democracy protester at Putin rally.

And what do Democrats have to show for it? Nothing.

A GOP tax cut bill, full of tax cuts for “evil” corporations, is the law of the land. Obamacare’s individual mandate is not. The Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge is now open for business, while federal regulators are looking at a four-year lunch break.

The courts are full of Federalist Society-friendly conservatives, while Obama’s foreign policy legacy is an empty shell.

And what are Democrats doing? Last month on the anniversary of Trump’s election, they took to the streets to literally yell helplessly at the sky.

The left’s obsession with #RussiaGate has thus far been a bust. Instead of watching Donald Trump being frog-marched into federal court, the story is now about politically corrupt FBI agents plotting to undo a democratic election. Even the Democratic win in Alabama is underwhelming: It took massive spending and a month-long media barrage to beat a brain-addled girl groper by a point and a half.

Democrats obsess over Trump’s tax returns, while Republicans pass tax cuts. What’s the point?

It didn’t have to be this way. Trump would have happily signed a bipartisan tax deal. Instead of deep corporate tax cuts and a temporary deal for individuals, Democrats could have negotiated a more moderate corporate cut, permanent cuts for everyone else … and no repeal of Obamacare’s economic engine, the individual mandate. ANWR would still be closed to drilling, too.

Instead, Democrats declared Trump “Hitler” and went to #Resist mode. They predicted everything from massive middle-class tax hikes to a zombie apocalypse — just hours before more than 300,000 American workers got $1,000 bonuses and companies announced billions in new investment — thanks to the tax plan. The results, as reported by Paul Bedard in the Washington Examiner, is “[Trump] slashed at least 11 major legacy items of former President Barack Obama … making good on campaign promises to provide significant tax cuts, boost U.S. energy production, and restore respect to the United States, according to the White House.”

Yes, Democrats, you are likely to win the House in the 2018 mid-terms but, historically speaking, that was a likely outcome with or without all the Russia-probing and sky-screaming. And yes, we know you really, really REALLY hate Donald Trump. We get that.

What we don’t get, is the point? What did you accomplish in 2017? And did you learn any lessons to make 2018 any different?