Democrats will have to decide the most politically damaging route toward impeachment, as the actual proceeding will eventually end in McConnell's senate
Your move. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ben: The White House sent a letter that our colleague Jon Chait accurately described as “deranged” the other day, in which it made clear, in Trump-campaign-rally language, that it would not be cooperating with any piece of Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. The words “constitutional crisis” are on a lot of people’s lips. Are we there yet?Margaret: I think it depends on what the Democrats do to counter that move.
I know Jon thinks Trump’s “high crimes and misdemeanors” with respect to Ukraine were publicly admitted by Trump and Rudy Giuliani. Why investigate crimes you have on videotape? The decision on how to proceed may also depend on whether House Democrats choose broader articles of impeachment. If so, that could take some time to put together.
Ed: Maybe. But let’s face it: Barring something unexpected, the whole thing is going to fizzle out eventually when McConnell holds a fake trial. Which gets back to the fundamental reality that politics, not the substance, is driving this process. And I’d guess that’s what Pelosi is game-planning right now.
Margaret: Yeah, once the House votes it’ll be over pretty quickly. Drag it out at least a few months, see what comes up, what case you can make, agitate Trump even more. Nothing in recent polling is discouraging Democrats from proceeding. Ed: It’s more Mitch’s style to just hold a quick “trial,” pronounce Trump “exonerated,” and bask in the radioactive glow of his own power.Ed: Hey, you gotta be inventive to capture the banal nature of McConnell’s evil. He’s the banker foreclosing your house minutes before the roof collapses on you. Unlike El Trumpo, who is the roof collapsing on you.
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