GRAPHICS: Trump impeachment poll numbers vs. other impeachees

[yurbud]

6. centrist Democrats don't understand optics at all

The votes aren't there now and maybe they never will be, but simply acknowledging that he should be impeached would show a level of honesty that would earn some trust.

Republicans say what they want even when there isn't any chance of doing it.

Centrist Democrats say what they will do if Republicans have the power to obstruct them but never what they would do if voters give them a clear shot (which does happen in states like California).

Also, Democrats seem to be deathly afraid that they will say something that will get the GOP base into a lather, but they will do that just fine on their own.

Case in point: fairly moderate on most issues Obama was called a socialist by Republicans in the 2008 election.

It backfired in two ways: people didn't know what socialism was, but the figured if it was different from what Bush was doing, they were for it. The other way it backfired was when Bernie, an actual Democratic Socialist ran, the label had no sting since they had used it on someone who wasn't.

Democrats need to figure out how to excite their own base not worry about GOP base.