They were Clinton-driven government shutdowns, and it was the mark of his political genius that he fooled Gingrich into taking “credit” for them [...] Clinton enjoyed many a hearty laugh knowing that Newt would wind up leaving his legacy on the doorstep.

There is really no basis to believe you are reading this right. It simply isn’t possible to construe investigating/challenging Trump’s misconduct as a purely (or even inherently) partisan endeavor. So your argument is based on an observably false premise ... and goes downhill from there.

Me neither, I guess ... but it certainly wasn’t this.

So ... then why does it make any sense for the Democratic party’s top leader to promote an idea that the majority of Republicans are really not all that bad?

OK. WTF is a “tankie” ... is this a new thing?

Because it isn’t 1999 and Trump isn’t accused of the same things that Clinton was.

Completely agree. IMO it is literally their constitutional duty.

OK. I realize there are even odds this is satire. Buuut. Taking it at face value, the lack of crapper makes this roof tent objectively worse than a hotel room. End of argument.

Lol. Yeah ... when typing that I suddenly got a mental picture of Trump dumping Pence at the last minute and swapping in someone new for this cycle too. If so, it would definitely happen with a Tweet calling Pence “low energy” or something ... maybe even try to blame him for everything. Reboot. Problem with that is…

The GOP “contract with America” was basis of some congressional members’ core platform ... but there is ZERO connection between them abandoning their “contract” and the Clinton impeachment.

Wait. What? You think Pence is going to contest (let alone win) the general election in 2020? How does that happen? Walk me through this.

Soooo ... you are imagining a world where Trump agrees to sign a medicare-for-all bill in exchange for Democrats letting him slide on a mountain of official misconduct, open graft, literal felonies, and blatantly unconstitutional behavior?

So ... if she knows any legislation Democrats pass in the House will just be rejected by Republicans in the senate, how does Pelosi justify bringing these bill to the floor ... or even letting them go through committee, really?

That’s legit cool as hell. Good for her.

The reason he isn’t destitute is because rather than giving an inheritance directly as a lump sum, his father put the bulk of the family fortune in a trust structured to take care of Donald *and* his siblings. His father knew he was an idiot and set things up so Donald couldn’t destroy the entire family.

Which is hilarious ... because the pollsters are probably not even where the leak came from.

Why does this matter?

Lol. Now you just sound bog stupid. That is pretty much what Hillary Clinton supporters said last cycle. How did that work out again?

Riiiiight. And those Democratic candidates that consistently win seem to also consistently vote with the GOP on a range of issues and boast a stellar NRA rating.

It doesn’t really matter *that* much. Especially not at this point. At this stage, the most important part is creating solid soundbites that promote defining aspects of her platform.