Who will benefit (Primary-wise) from the extended Impeachment Trial that Trump wants?

[brooklynite]

Most likely Buttigieg and Yang.

Sanders, Warren, Klobuchar, Harris and Booker will all be stuck in Washington for the trial period.

Biden will likely be a target of Trump's "defense" and will have to take time responding to accusations.

[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Don't know where you got the idea he wants an extended trial...

He met with McConnel and other GOP senators yesterday, and the report is the senate will complete a trial within 2 weeks.

It's the hearings that I think should be extended; the Dems can blame Trump's court obstructions, and take this right up to the Convention. It may take that long to move the needle on impeachment polls to make to 20 GOP senators up for reelection nervous enough...as well as tar Pence. Giuliani just might be indicted by then too.

[brooklynite]

3. He said it today on Fox & Friends...

He apparently wants to use it to "prosecute" Biden.

[John Fante]

7. Wow, Trump said that? It must be true then. He's also dying to release his tax returns.

Any day now!

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Sounds like Trump

How could the Dems time the trial to their advantage?...

[Demsrule86]

15. Dumb ass Trump is the one on trial...Biden can't be impeached or convicted in the Senate.

[rockfordfile]

17. That will prove just how corrupt he is. Americans are already tired of trump's bs

[targetpractice]

2. The Democrats hold all the cards right now.... When they play their hand is up to them...

... I think Nancy Pelosi is too smart to make scheduling an issue.

[brooklynite]

4. Democrats have already indicated they would bring up Impeachment votes in December

After that, timing is out of their hands.

[targetpractice]

8. I kind of think that might not happen...

Yes, what you wrote is, indeed, true... But, if Republicans don't see this as the obvious slam dunk (like I'm seeing on TV)... Then maybe Democrats will hold more open hearings or tack on other crimes. They have many options ahead of them.

It's all Sun Tzu "Art of War" stuff right now, and Nancy Pelosi is in control... Why make a move before the Barr "Investigation of the Investigations" report or the Lindsey Graham's bullshit investigation about the Bidens happen?

The point has been made... Let it hang over the Trump administration for a while. There is no cockamamy rule about wrapping this up a certain number of months before the 2020 election. I'd actually love to see the trial going on during the election.

[brooklynite]

9. But if they delay the House vote...

...that just moves the Senate Trial to some later point in the Primary. Same outcomes apply.

[targetpractice]

10. Understand your point... But...

What if they add other crimes? Because what I'm hearing now is the Ukraine think by itself "is wrong, but not impeachable" from Republicans. And, I am worried about this.

[Demsrule86]

14. Get it over with by the first of the year. If it drags out people get sick of it...and their will be

a backlash...already we see a decline in the polls. And Trump isn't going to be convicted.

[Demsrule86]

16. You do realize that if the House votes for impeachment...there are 40 or so Congress folks who were

elected in 18 and gave us the majority who might lose their seats? How would you feel about Trump winning again and he could and winning both the House and the Senate...It makes me nauseous to do this impeachment with no hope of conviction. Trump is a criminal and deserves it. But we don't deserve four more years of Trump.

[TidalWave46]

5. Really depends on how it goes down.

I don't think the time away, if even necessary, will harm them that much. What will possibly harm them is the circus it's going to turn into. What might harm or seriously help someone is who will be sitting in front of them and what the optics of their part of the questioning comes off like.

Too many unknown variables to even consider who will benefit and who won't. I would probably rather be sitting on the inside of the room rather than the outside. Biden might be best situated by being on the inside and outside of the room.

[Cartaphelius]

6. The only winner we should

be worried about is the United States of America.

[Wellstone ruled]

11. Going to be a tose up

between Biden and Warren. It all going to depend on how Corporate Media plays their game.

The more the Rethugs hammer Biden,the more support he will get,call it the Stockholm Syndrome effect.

[Demsrule86]

13. I think it might help Biden who will be seen as the one Trump fears.