1. Let's unpack this a little more. Let's think about the Mueller Report as a de facto impeachment referral. Mueller made his decision based on (arguable) premise a president can't be indicted but can be impeached.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1118900449325850632 …
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4. The further political calculation is that Dems might be able to impeach in house but almost certainly won't get GOP Senate to remove. And the election is next year, so why bother? Again: this is not the moral/legal issue but the political one.
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5. The moral/legal imperative is different: if you have plausible evidence that a president has obstructed justice & you don't proceed with impeachment hearings, then you've given up on the rule of law.
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6. One way to thread the needle between the political imperative & the moral/legal one is to have congress keep investigating but leave impeachment decision for later.
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The emoulements case seems stronger but they're not even investigating it.
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Understood, but demonstrating the shallowness/illegitimacy of those same policies by demonstrating how bankrupt the leader is, via scandal investigation, undermines support for the policies, which is also needed/valuable.
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Unless the inevitable not-guilty verdict from the Senate is morphed, in the public consciousness, to "total vindication!!" in a way that transcends other issues. I'm not sure I have that fear, but it is a valid one.
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make it part of a corruption narrative like Warren is doing
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What's wrong with a two front war, if it's Trump in the middle. Not sure why Dems can't attack with everything they have.
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Do you think, after the Dem convention and through the fall of 2020, the SuperPacs will do the dirty work that needs to be done? At this point, there’s pounds and pounds of dirt we need to be reminded of.
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