re: #99 Blind Frog Belly White
We can dream about President Pelosi, but I think the most likely scenario in which Trump is convicted and removed is the one KGxvi spun. Pence is dirty in this, but mostly as a lackey, not the guy driving the whole Ukraine Shakedown. If he promises to play caretaker, and not run, I could see the Dems letting him skate.
Normally, I would go with how the Nixon resignation went - with advisors telling both Pence and Trump to resign or go to jail, and allowing a Republican who doesn’t have the stench of the current White House covering themselves to be appointed and subsequently succeed. Never happen for two reasons: one, Trump would never EVER go for naming such a person as VP, and second, I don’t think such a person exists anymore within the Republican party.