ANALYSIS-Trump's trial is over but the final verdict is not yet in

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - In Hollywood, it is called a false ending – where the story appears to be heading to a close but is not yet over.

President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial ended on Wednesday with a conclusion that was unsurprising – his acquittal. But in reality the end of the story will play out in November, when American voters go to the polls.

That is when Democrats will finally learn whether their gamble to impeach a president for the third time in U.S. history paid any electoral dividends in winning over undecided voters. Opinion polls during the impeachment proceedings suggested little political harm to Trump - opinions among Republicans and Democrats were largely entrenched from the outset.

November is also when Republican Party lawmakers in the U.S. Congress, especially those in districts and states that are a toss-up, may learn the political costs of erecting a human wall to block efforts to remove Trump from the Oval Office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/analysis-trump-s-trial-is-over-but-the-final-verdict-is-not-yet-in/ar-BBZGWGp?ocid=msn360

[Aristus]

1. I like to think that the 200,000 voters who stayed home

on Election Day 2016 will rouse themselves from their torpor and vote in November.

I hope Trump-weariness will outweigh ideological orthodoxy this time and we can put our long national nightmare to an end...

[Scarsdale]

2. It is frightening to think that

tRump is the "best and brightest" the gop has to offer. Sub-standard human being. Devoid of decency, ethics, morals, intelligence. Uncouth, ignorant, self serving, narcissistic, lying, poor excuse for a president. Why are they protecting this failure?

[lagomorph777]

3. Why are they protecting this failure? - because Putin will have them killed if they don't.