That’s a fair point, but here’s a counterpoint: If the Republicans impeach Trump, then they are the party that got rid of him, as well as the party that was responsible for him. It takes away part of the legacy. If they get voted out in the House, and the Democrats lead the charge to impeach him, even with a…

That’s a fair point, but here’s a counterpoint: If the Republicans impeach Trump, then they are the party that got rid of him, as well as the party that was responsible for him. It takes away part of the legacy. If they get voted out in the House, and the Democrats lead the charge to impeach him, even with a…

Nope. Bill Clinton was sued by Paula Jones. That’s a civil case. That’s different from being indicted. The legal scholars agree on this. A sitting president cannot be indicted. He has to be impeached, and then you can charge him with the crimes.

Well, this is a small but important thing, but the official summary of the plot talks about how this is a story of the French, British, Dutch, and Belgian forces being evacuated. Yet, they left out important aspects of what the French actually did.

Yeah, though I don’t think it is likely, it is worth considering. Plus, you’ve given me nightmares, so that’s something.

That’s is an alarming possibility, but I hope it’s not a realistic one. I don’t think the Republicans would impeach unless they really meant to go through with it. For one thing, if one single Republican in Congress or the White House admitted it was a sham and that became public, they’d be in serious trouble. For…

Well, there are actually a few problems. For one thing, people are mad that they don’t include the vital part the French played in the whole thing. That’s not a racial issue, but it is an issue of accuracy.

Yes. And I think there is a decent chance it would be successful, which might be a first in American history. His popularity is so low, and though it occasionally goes up, it’s never far, and it goes back down again. I think they would be terrified of having him on the ticket with them.

That’s a sad possibility, but I’ll say this: In my entire lifetime, there has never been a serious chance that a president would be removed from office. There is a pretty large one now. And Trump keeps committing crimes to try to cover up his other crimes. I don’t think that will stop.

When you think about it, this is moving shockingly fast. It took like a year and a half to get rid of Nixon. This is going faster than that.

You’re absolutely right, except for one thing. With the polling as it is now, some safe Republican seats look like they could go up for grabs, and risky Democratic seats look safe. There’s no guarantee that it will stay that way, but if it does, The Democrats could easily hold/take every single competitive seat, and…

I’m not Giving McConnell or Ryan any credit for being moral. I don’t think they’ll kick Trump out because it’s the right thing to do, though it obviously is. But at some point they are going to need to look at what is going to hurt them worse: keeping him or impeaching him. If it gets to the point that they look like…

I’ve heard from multiple pundits that 80% popularity with the Republican base is the magic number. Trump is above it now, but if he falls below it, they’ll act. I hope that’s true.

He actually can’t be indicted. The Constitution isn’t exactly clear on this, but the legal scholars agree that if you want to indict a president, you have to impeach him and then indict him when he’s out of office. So, they won’t be able to pass the buck.

Like I say, it could go either way. But he is slowly slipping in the polls. A bunch of conservative Republicans from very red districts/states will probably stick with him, but there are a ton who won’t. It’s hard to guess when leadership will decide dumping Trump is better for the party than sticking with him. I hope…

With the non-stop news about this, it does feel like it’s been forever, but it really hasn’t. It took like a year and a half for Nixon to be thrown out. I don’t think this is going to go that long. This is moving very quickly.

The two likeliest options would be either that they impeach him or the pressure gets bad enough that he is forced to resign. That’s what happened to Nixon. It was likely he was going to get impeached, so he resigned. There’s only one other legal way to boot him, and that would be his own cabinet invoking the 25th…

I actually think the calculation will be interesting for 2018. As long as it doesn’t pass a certain level of severity (which it may have already), they will hold off until after 2018. But if it gets to the point where they are better off separating themselves from him, I think they’ll try to push for it before 2018.

Things are moving very quickly. What do people think the timetable is for the end of this administration? I would have said it was going to be more than a year from now before impeachment even started, but it seems a lot closer now.

What the hell are you talking about? I’ve admitted our system has problems. In fact, some of them are huge. I think the electoral college is a vestigial relic that should have been abolished long ago. I think we need to stop dark money and limit political spending in general. We have massive problems. But as large as…