But you're overlooking the very obvious likelihood that he's going to go into the fall screaming witch hunt no matter what.
And on top of that, you're making the mistake of assuming that the majority of the general public will view a failure to convict on very easy to understand articles of impeachment that lay out compelling evidence of crimes that really do actually matter to the public that we should expect in this era the same way it did to a failure to convict over lying about a blowjob 25 years ago. I, for one, do not believe for a minute that would be the case.
The Trump base is going to show up and vote for him come hell or high water, so we need to just stop taking into account what will anger or frighten them. They're live on being angry and afraid, and their masters will always find a way to keep them that way.
The reality, imho, is that we need to be much more worried about enthusiasm on our side, and there is nothing that will demoralize our base like the majority we worked our asses off to rescue the House failing to exercise the authority we gave them to actually hold this administration accountable. We absolutely cannot count on the DOJ or the courts to check them, so impeachment is the only venue in which we can enforce any kind of accountability.
I say open impeachment proceedings, but be prepared to investigate as long as is necessary. We need to recognize that starting impeachment proceedings now DOES NOT EQUAL voting on articles of impeachment now. But it does confer upon the investigation a vastly more serious status.
Bottom line, Congress has a duty to impeach and convict for Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. We must not use our opposition's willingness to fail to uphold their constitutional obligations to excuse us from upholding ours.
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