Why the Skittish Caucus is so Skittish About Impeachment.

[Gothmog]

118. I like living in the real world and working on real campaigns

Texas is turning blue due to the hard work on the ground by good Democrats. I have been active in Texas state and local politics for a while including running the statewide voter protection efforts for the Clinton campaign and working to turn my county blue. It is not easy to be elected to be a delegate to the national convention and I was a Clinton delegate to Philadelphia.

We had some success in Texas that I do not want to give up, These gains could be reversed if trump is able to motivate his base with a quick verdict of vindication in the GOP controlled senate https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/28/politics/dccc-2020-battlefield-map-memo-texas-suburbs/index.html

That's reflected in the committee's focus on Texas, the state most heavily represented on the target list. The DCCC is targeting six Texas seats: the 10th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 31st districts located in suburbs outside San Antonio, Houston, Dallas and Austin.

The party scored a couple of key wins in Texas in 2018: Rep. Colin Allred defeated veteran Republican Rep. Pete Sessions in the Dallas-area 32nd district and Rep. Lizzie Fletcher similarly toppled Republican John Culberson in the 7th district near Houston. A DCCC aide noted that the districts on the 2020 target list have trended Democratic in recent cycles and share characteristics like high population density as well as high or growing levels of education and diversity -- key demographic factors for the party.

My congressional district is one of the six districts targeted by the DCCC in its red to blue program. My middle child is another of these targeted districts.

Contrary to your claims, Nancy Pelosi is against impeachment at this point. I strongly agree with Speaker Pelosi and believe that her plans are in the best interest of the party. We do not want to put Colin's and Lizzie's seats at risk and I would love to get rid of my congresscritter. Again I trust Speaker Pelosi on this issue.

Schumer has hopes of flipping the Senate and is also against pushing for immediate impeachment

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One of the other targeted districts is the one that Kim Olson is running in. Kim ran for Ag commissioner last cycle and is a great lady.

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Speaker Pelosi and Senator Schumer do not want to endanger the Democrats control of the House or the chances to pick up Senate seats with a stunt that the public will not support in the real world.

I will be a fundraiser for one of the candidates mentioned above and will ask him about starting impeachment with only 27% of the voters supporting such action. I have a good feeling that I know what his answer will be.

We picked up 12 state house seats in 2018 and need nine more to flip control of the Texas state house. There are two state house seats in my county that are being targeted by the state party that we came within 5% of flipping last cycle. If we flip the Texas state house, we can control redistricting or at least block the GOP plans with respect to redistricting of Texas.

Impeachment might make sense if the polling shows that such action would not hurt Democrats. Right now, the polling is not favorable and there is a good chance that impeachment followed by a vindication of trump the GOP senate will likely aid trump and motivate his base.

Texas has come a long way towards being a blue state and I do not want to give back the gains we made. I will continue to work hard to turn Texas blue which will include flipping some red seats blue.