re: #443 Targetpractice

I see some excitement over the announcement about the House Judiciary Committee’s move next week and just can’t help but shake my head. This isn’t some bold new step so much as a grudging admission that the “hearings as a substitute for impeachment” strategy is stalled. Every “key witness” has clammed up, all the “key evidence” is being locked down by exec branch stooges, and every “key move” has been met with a court challenge. And since it’s being treated not as an impeachment proceeding, but an exercise of Congress’ oversight powers, the courts are in no rush to rule on anything. If Pelosi and/or Nadler are signing off on this, it’s because it’s the only way they can hope to make their 2020 “case” for voters before 2020.

The House Democrats are announcing that they are doing exactly what some of us here said (to the consternation of others): After summer, when people are more likely to be paying attention, they would formally announce steps that will lead to impeachment.