HEH: "[S]ometimes you just have to take the sweet with the sweet."

DONALD JOHN TRUMP has been President of the United States for one year now. How does his first year compare with (thankfully former) President Obama's first year?

The data was taken from Rasmussen's Presidential Approval index where the index is the difference between the percentage of those who strongly approve the President's performance and those who strongly disapprove.

Trump started his administration nearly 20 points below Obama, and that difference remained constant for the first six months of his administration. Since July his approval leveled out and has been slowly increasing ever since.

Trump's approval exceeded Obama's for the first time ever on the 21st of December and the two have been essentially the same ever since. The trend lines (3rd order polynomial least-mean-square fit) tend to indicate that Trump's approval will continue to improve while Obama's will continue to decline.

The media narrative isn't looking so good....

ABSOLUTELY: Much of the federal government should be shut down.

Friday was a good start....

SARAH SANDERS on the Schumer Shutdown:

Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown. Tonight they put politics above our national security, military families, vulnerable children, and our country’s ability to serve all Americans.

We will not negotiate the status of unlawful immigrants while Democrats hold our lawful citizens hostage over their reckless demands. This is the behavior of obstructionist losers, not legislators.

When Democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we will reopen negotiations on immigration reform. During this politically manufactured Schumer Shutdown, the President and his Administration will fight for and protect the American people.

Bravo, Sarah. Don't back down.

THIS WEEK IN PICTURES: Dumbocrat Edition. There are so many good ones this week I couldn't select just one:

One, two, many ....

Oops ... or a twofer?

Proof positive.

The new Democrat motto.

Someone has hearing loss.

Now go and see the rest.

THE WOMEN'S MARCHES ARE UNDERWAY. According to Fox News, the 'ladies' are wearing pink hats. What happened to the 'pussy hats' of the before-Trump era?

MORE: The embarrassing collapse of the feminist movement.

MINNESOTA WOMAN strikes St. Catherine University. You can thank the Dumbocrats Democrats for promoting victimization 24/7 for the last many years.

SO, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING? When an earthquake hits next door.

THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT: The federal government government shut down at midnight last night and the sun still rose on schedule this morning. Maybe - just maybe - we can get along without our bureaucratic bunglers 'helping' us.

Let the Dumbocrats Democrats keep the government shut down. The longer, the better.