The Pelosi theory that impeaching Trump will only help him in the 2020 election is contradicted by the behavior of most of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Are all these candidates completely wrong? Or is Pelosi the one who is wrong about how impeachment would play out as an electoral strategy?
I guess there is a third option: that the candidates all know that Pelosi is right but that demanding impeachment when Pelosi won't pull the trigger is the best electoral strategy of all. But frankly, I don't buy it. Running against your own party is a really stupid strategy in a year when you need to take both the White House and the Senate (not to mention winning thousands of State elections to stop GOP Gerrymander efforts following the 2020 census).
I just keep coming back to the idea that Pelosi's theory makes little sense. It doesn't seem to be anything more than her reaching the wrong conclusion following the Clinton impeachment. I guess she thinks that impeaching an extremely unpopular president and holding hearings about multiple instances of clear abuse of power (from Obstruction of Justice, to ignoring Congressional subpoenas, to violations of the Emoluments clause of the Constitution, and so on) will play out exactly like the impeachment of a popular president for a sexual affair.
I guess there is a third option: that the candidates all know that Pelosi is right but that demanding impeachment when Pelosi won't pull the trigger is the best electoral strategy of all. But frankly, I don't buy it. Running against your own party is a really stupid strategy in a year when you need to take both the White House and the Senate (not to mention winning thousands of State elections to stop GOP Gerrymander efforts following the 2020 census).
I just keep coming back to the idea that Pelosi's theory makes little sense. It doesn't seem to be anything more than her reaching the wrong conclusion following the Clinton impeachment. I guess she thinks that impeaching an extremely unpopular president and holding hearings about multiple instances of clear abuse of power (from Obstruction of Justice, to ignoring Congressional subpoenas, to violations of the Emoluments clause of the Constitution, and so on) will play out exactly like the impeachment of a popular president for a sexual affair.
