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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Impeachment Will Cost the GOP
https://politicalwire.com/2019/11/13/what-impeachment-will-cost-the-gop/What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP
November 13, 2019 at 7:07 am EST By Taegan Goddard
John Harris: The conventional appraisal of Trumps prospectsthe House will likely convict, the Senate will likely acquit and Trump will claim vindicationmight well be true. But this glosses over a larger point: On the current trajectory, Republicans are engaging in a battle with their own long-term costs that they will be paying for the next generation.
Based on Clintons precedent, those costs will be paid against Trumps agendathings he wants to do but wont achieve because of the distorting effects of impeachment on his political options and room for maneuver.
They will be paid by his associatespeople whose reputations and ambitions will be permanently dented because of their proximity to him. And they will be paid by conservatives who follow himwho will discover their own principles have lost credibility and power in the public mind because of their connection to Trump.
Based on Clintons precedent, those costs will be paid against Trumps agendathings he wants to do but wont achieve because of the distorting effects of impeachment on his political options and room for maneuver.
They will be paid by his associatespeople whose reputations and ambitions will be permanently dented because of their proximity to him. And they will be paid by conservatives who follow himwho will discover their own principles have lost credibility and power in the public mind because of their connection to Trump.
What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP
Even if the Senate clears Donald Trump, the Republican Party could pay the price for a generation.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/13/impeachment-republicans-trump-bill-clinton-070389
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What Impeachment Will Cost the GOP (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
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underpants
(182,603 posts)1. Good read
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. Time will tell
but with the weak knees of the Infotainment Media it is hard to tell what will happen long term.
DinahMoeHum
(21,774 posts)3. May their children/grandchildren curse them and disown them.