Maureen Dowd defends Nancy Pelosi

[Me.]

28. Why Should She, Of All People Remain, Non Committal

she's the one in charge as per the obligation of her office. As for AOC carrying the torch, this may come as a surprise, but while she has a huge fan base I seriously doubt most of the other members of the Dem caucus would look upon her their leader and will follow her charge.

As for the cold water, there seems to be a difficulty understanding that so far, not even half of the DEm caucus is behind it right now. Speaker Pelosi has said, until she must be blue in the face, that when a majority of the country supports it, the process will go forward. You need that support in a time when you can't even get people to show up for subpoenas...so why would we think the witnesses (most of them Trump loyalists) will show up for an impeachment hearing. Things are moving at a snail's pace because that's how government and the process works.