CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. -- Three-year-old Casey Hathaway was tangled in vegetation and calling for his mother when Chocowinity EMS Capt. Shane Grier and another rescuer found him in the woods Thursday.

Casey DeSantis needs to get to a Waffle House and wait for divine intervention. It’s the only way to save her faltering, yet-to-be-announced campaign for governor. Allow me to explain: It wasn’t that ...