Columnist John Baer writes, partisans take what they want from whatever they hear and read, when maybe, in the words of President Lincoln to Congress: "it's time to rise with the occasion" and think and act anew.

For President Donald Trump’s most loyal followers, these early weeks have been satisfying in the extreme, and his Tuesday night speech to a joint session of Congress offered them a moment of collective celebration.

U.S. President Donald Trump took a victory lap in an address to Congress on Tuesday, drawing catcalls and interruptions from some Democratic lawmakers who held up signs and walked out mid-speech in protest.