"In this instance, Pelosi's normally acute political judgment is failing her.."

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168. It's Speaker Pelosi....

And "I" don't have an "end game" except to let the people who have been shown to know their shit better than most do the job that Democratic Congresspersons tasked them with doing. You seem to not be able to get that. Just because you claim to know more than she does, doesn't mean that I claim to know what as she does.... false equivalence. I do see that there are some negative outcomes possible with impeachment. I don't know how those might be mitigated, again- I'm not in a position to make that call, and will defer to those who are much more qualified.

I remember every tea partier suddenly becoming a Constitutional scholar the minute that Obama got elected. I trusted Obama on those matters more than I trusted them. Go figure. They also told me that I was putting "blind faith" in someone that had questionable credentials.

I also don't challenge my pediatrician on every single thing that they recommend, like vaccinations on the recommended schedule, or whether my sons enormously swollen eye merited going to the ER like they told me. This does mot mean "blind faith" or that I had a separate "endgame" or diagnosis that was equal to theirs. I knew at that time I needed to trust them and their years of medical training over my fear that he would be given too many antibiotics. I made an educated informed decision about whose judgement was most likely to lead to the best outcome.

I sense that you are anxious and frustrated, and are trying to grasp around for a sense of control. Digging one's heels in and focusing on a scapegoat, especially when other anxious frustrated people are doing the same is a comfort, and a sense of power, in the same way that being angry feels more powerful than being frightened. My brother focuses his anxiety into conspiracy theories. They give his anxiety a direction, and he feels less vulnerable. He thinks that I'm a sheep for thinking that chemtrails aren't what he thinks they are I'm not saying that's where you are, I'm saying that we all seek out structure and power over uncertainty in times like these. I choose to take a deep breath, make a decision about who is the most informed and trustworthy person to listen to, and listen to them until such a time as they give me reason to think that they are no longer the best person to listen to- being aware of my emotional state, and monitoring if the "fight or flight" reflex getting in the way of the intellect. I grew up with an abusive father, and my survival instinct is to go dead calm when there is an angry, unstable man near me. That's what I'm doing now.

Trump is a master at dragging things out in court.

What does that have to do with impeachment? Impeachment is a political, not a judicial process, and it won't shorten his time in office. Trump will stay in office as long as possible to avoid whatever SDNY is digging up on him and his family, which he can't hide from behind Barr.

Will hearings uncover something Mueller didn't?

I am not in a position to know or even guess that. Do you think that you are?