The outcome of this is pretty much predestined. Sure, it puts the GOP on record as doing nothing, like the first impeachment. To some people, that might mean something, but it mattered little the first time they gave him a pass. Basically, it’s the party of no consequences, ever.

This doesn’t shame the GOP. This doesn’t change the GOP’s longterm goals. It does not diminish them in the eyes of their Qunstituents. There won’t be any epiphany. And Fox News and the rest of the consipracy-feeding outlets will keep on doing what they do best: Lying about it.

The best I can hope for is humiliatingly bad legal strategy and embarrassing soundbites, for entertainment value. At this point, that isn’t much. It certainly isn’t enough.