re: #144 Blind Frog Belly White

If you told me that, I’d say that’s possible.

I’d respond that It’s also possible that swing voters might feel like the proceedings are a partisan show trial, or that if Trump is impeached in the House but not convicted in the Senate, people who don’t pay close attention may see it as exoneration and thus the impeachment was a witch hunt, like Trump always said it was.

No plan survives contact with the enemy.

- i’ve mentioned several times the idea of holding the hearings and then not voting thus robbing the senate of grandstanding with the trial
- depending on what they uncover, you are right that the reaction may be to see it as exoneration - especially if the investigation is weak
- (i think that’s unlikely considering what we already know)

here’s yet another scenario:

- the house starts investigating
- they build a strong case
- they know they have the votes for impeachment
- they hold the vote next october
- no time for the senate to hold a grandstanding trial before november

( i can dream cant i?)