Happy Halloween! We decided to go "cute" with our image selection this year — the world is scary enough as it is. Here are a few thoughts on the doings on Capitol Hill today.
Talking heads are making way too much of the House's near-party-line vote. If there are any GOP members who are privately considering breaking with the Trumpsters — and we think there are — they didn't need to do it today, because the vote was a procedural maneuver only. Better for nervous Republican nellies to keep their powder dry until The Real Vote.
Besides, many, many more revelations can and surely will occur between now and then. Dramatic public testimony will take place. More details will come to light. You never know — Trump could have done something even more horrendous that we have no idea about right now. And while that's hard to flat-out predict, let's just say that knowing Benedict Donald, we have supreme confidence in his awfulness.
It doesn't matter a bit if the impeachment process butts up against the Democratic primaries. It needs to take as long as it needs to. As for Senators having to leave the campaign trail? Have we never heard of surrogates? Not to mention that since all eyes will be on the trial, it could afford struggling candidates like Harris, Booker and, to a slightly lesser extent, Klobuchar to grab some much-needed limelight.
Finally, don't forget that next week we have another Election Day. It's off-year, yes, but some consequential races are being decided. If there's a Republican wipeout in Virginia, which is possible, and/or if Matt Bevin gets his butt handed to him in Kentucky, the GOP nervous nellies will get even more restive — worried that their heads will be next on the block. They may decide that Trump is too heavy a burden to bear.
Many outside forces will be buffeting the impeachment process, and both sides should be wary. But Donald Trump has a lot more to be scared of this Halloween than Nancy Pelosi does. We cats PURR.
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