Wow - Slate - "The End is Nigh" (re Impeachment!)

[NRaleighLiberal]

House and Senate Democrats warm up to the case for Trump’s impeachment.

By Michelle Goldberg

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/05/democrats_consider_the_case_for_impeaching_trump.html

One of the hard things about reporting on politics these days—besides the insomnia and constant sense of dread and impotent outrage—is that the news changes faster than you can type. I spent all day today asking Democrats at the Center for American Progress’ Ideas Conference when they’d be ready to start calling for Donald Trump’s impeachment. As I sat down to start writing, the New York Times revealed that Trump had pressured fired FBI Director James Comey to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn, Trump’s disgraced former National Security Advisor. Democrats who were reluctant to broach the “I” word a few hours ago might now be feeling differently; speaking on CNN this evening, Angus King, the independent senator from Maine, said that if the Times report was true, impeachment would be on the table.


Many Americans think it should have been on the table already. According to a new survey from Public Policy Polling, a plurality of voters—48 percent—want to see Donald Trump impeached. Only 43 percent of voters think he will serve his full term, compared to 45 percent who do not.

There is much we don’t know about Trump and Russia, but we do know that he fired the FBI director to quash the investigation, and that he revealed highly classified Israeli intelligence to Russia. If a Democratic president had done these things, there is no question that Republicans would be howling for his or her head.

Much of the Democratic base is frustrated at the disconnect between the severity of our political crisis and the restrained language of their representatives. That’s one reason that California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, one of the few Democrats to openly discuss impeachment, has become a minor folk hero. “Some people don’t even want to mention the word,” she told me on Tuesday. “It’s almost as if it’s too grandiose an idea. It’s too hard to do, just too much to think about. I don’t see it that way.”

snip....more at the link above. WOW.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I'm not holding my breath. Not enough GOPers have turned yet.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. me neither - but where we are with trump was utterly predictable, don't you think?

he is showing exactly the complete lack of ability and utter contempt that anyone who had any sense and honesty could see.

I think it is happening a bit faster than I expected - but I don't at all think he will last much longer.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Yes, but they are running out of fans

for all this shit to hit.

[workinclasszero]

3. I'm gonna need more beer and popcorn

Just sayin.

[dubyadiprecession]

4. We will soon have to get used to the new title of "President Pence".

[Warren DeMontague]

6. Perhaps, perhaps not.

An independent prosecutor could find out if he's complicit, of course.

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. depends upon how widely they can cast the net - how many stinky fish they can catch!

[uppityperson]

8. Let us hope so. It's surreal.