Lindsey Graham is finally committing to investigating State dept communications with Bidens. Biden had a terrible performance in the debate this week. He is eroding the up-swell of support that was gained during the impeachment probe. Sanders and Warren have increased further.
I guess if I was to consider the state of the others:
I haven't understood the allure or reason of Pete Buttigieg. People will be better to back someone who has more experience than just a mayor. The only reason he's done well is because he's unknown, but the small amount of digging already has shown he's not going to garner African American support. Klobachar or Harris will be a better moderate candidate choice. Booker is likely not going to make it to the next debate as he's capped out in funding and narrowly squeezed through. Yang may stay in the race until the spring but there are already two far left candidates who haven't lost any support thus far.
So now to bring things back into focus:
I am looking at how the impeachment inquiry would impact the democratic primary. Klobachar, Harris, Booker, Sanders, Warren (I'll add Biden as he's going to take a harder hit once a trial spends enormous effort doing political damage to distract people from the actual subject of the trial - unless Justice Roberts is given enough power to steer this trial away from becoming a circus where Russian propaganda will be aired openly and we start scrutinizing previous administration under the guise that Trump is 'concerned with corruption' defense. I can't see how that can be avoided as the cornerstone to his defense of 'perfect call' requires him to validate why it is legitimate for him to seek those investigations in the manner shown in the July 25th memorandum)
The impact of this senate impeachment trial may come down to how much grassroots support do the senators listed above have that will go out and campaign on their behalf, in their absence, in the early battleground states and primarily in the south. I'd expect the trial to be over sometime after super Tuesday. I'd expect republicans purposefully draw it out until then. If small dollar donations are any indication, Sanders and Warren will fare the best.
The only wildcard in this entire process is funnily enough, Trump. His erratic nature doesn't make it easy to speculate. If the democrats were able to produce documents and testimony from senior staff or Rudy Giuliani then it would be over quickly (either the evidence would support or refute the current narrative).
Perhaps it would behoove us to gain the testimony of Lev Parnas? I'd like to see Nunes question him under oath. I wonder if he has anything of substance to provide...
I guess if I was to consider the state of the others:
I haven't understood the allure or reason of Pete Buttigieg. People will be better to back someone who has more experience than just a mayor. The only reason he's done well is because he's unknown, but the small amount of digging already has shown he's not going to garner African American support. Klobachar or Harris will be a better moderate candidate choice. Booker is likely not going to make it to the next debate as he's capped out in funding and narrowly squeezed through. Yang may stay in the race until the spring but there are already two far left candidates who haven't lost any support thus far.
So now to bring things back into focus:
I am looking at how the impeachment inquiry would impact the democratic primary. Klobachar, Harris, Booker, Sanders, Warren (I'll add Biden as he's going to take a harder hit once a trial spends enormous effort doing political damage to distract people from the actual subject of the trial - unless Justice Roberts is given enough power to steer this trial away from becoming a circus where Russian propaganda will be aired openly and we start scrutinizing previous administration under the guise that Trump is 'concerned with corruption' defense. I can't see how that can be avoided as the cornerstone to his defense of 'perfect call' requires him to validate why it is legitimate for him to seek those investigations in the manner shown in the July 25th memorandum)
The impact of this senate impeachment trial may come down to how much grassroots support do the senators listed above have that will go out and campaign on their behalf, in their absence, in the early battleground states and primarily in the south. I'd expect the trial to be over sometime after super Tuesday. I'd expect republicans purposefully draw it out until then. If small dollar donations are any indication, Sanders and Warren will fare the best.
The only wildcard in this entire process is funnily enough, Trump. His erratic nature doesn't make it easy to speculate. If the democrats were able to produce documents and testimony from senior staff or Rudy Giuliani then it would be over quickly (either the evidence would support or refute the current narrative).
Perhaps it would behoove us to gain the testimony of Lev Parnas? I'd like to see Nunes question him under oath. I wonder if he has anything of substance to provide...
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