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19. There is only one excuse necessary ... we won't have the votes in the Senate to convict,

Sun Nov 12, 2017, 02:31 PM

Nov 2017

so it would be a waste of political capital to impeach him in the House. But please, tell us how impeaching him in the House and then losing the House again in 2 years because of it would be worth it?

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McAuliffe, top Democrats dismiss impeachment talk [View all] DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

They are right. We will only get one shot at him. It's important that we wait pnwmom Nov 2017 #1

I've came to this conclusion also SHRED Nov 2017 #2

He's doing a heckuva job! forgotmylogin Nov 2017 #54

this is the best reason vlyons Nov 2017 #55

I don't understand why people just don't get this. nt 7962 Nov 2017 #14

+1. This is NOT a Dem. witch hunt, like Trump portrays it. It needs to remain.... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #23

+1 Exactly. n/t FSogol Nov 2017 #15

I agree totally. "Please proceed Governor." Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #26

That is certainly one opinion, others like Al Green, have a different opinion Not Ruth Nov 2017 #27

Al Green has a motivation I don't have. He will be able to point, in the end, pnwmom Nov 2017 #35

Mueller isn't trying to impeach the president FakeNoose Nov 2017 #50

He's developing evidence that could be used in an impeachment trial -- as opposed to the pnwmom Nov 2017 #56

Yes agreed FakeNoose Nov 2017 #58

Eager as I am to see it happen, we do have to get it right the first time. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #57

While I would love for them to talk about it, I think they're being strategic. Vinca Nov 2017 #3

Hope you're correct, because if they really mean "no impeachment", than woodsprite Nov 2017 #53

That piece of shit needs to be removed asap! triron Nov 2017 #4

Good to get the idea out there before Mueller finishes. Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #5

I'm with you! Yes talk IMPEACHMENT LiberalLovinLug Nov 2017 #12

Why? So Dems can be blamed for not being able to get 2/3 of the Senate to convict him? pnwmom Nov 2017 #36

And Nixon was kicked out. We can do this. Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #37

You're kidding, right? You really don't understand that the Dems were in charge pnwmom Nov 2017 #40

Won't win now, but the process needs to begin. Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #41

It doesn't need to begin now in the House. Suppose enough blue-district Rethugs there decided pnwmom Nov 2017 #42

The process starts by making it all a normal part of conversation. Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #44

Fine. But if that raises false expectations and then Democrats are blamed for being "weak," pnwmom Nov 2017 #45

They look weak now LiberalLovinLug Nov 2017 #46

We look realistic and strategic, instead of like the boy who cried wolf. pnwmom Nov 2017 #47

Again LiberalLovinLug Nov 2017 #48

Message all you want. Just don't try to make the Democrats in Congress look bad pnwmom Nov 2017 #49

That's the smart play, as temporarily unsatisfying as it may feel. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2017 #6

Well, gee... Everybody has said everything I TheDebbieDee Nov 2017 #7

By all means, let us "keep our powder dry"! nt Atticus Nov 2017 #8

Let us hope he doesnt start a war before 2018 spooky3 Nov 2017 #9

Smart. We need to wait until we get some power back and some leverage... vi5 Nov 2017 #10

So is this a "keep our powder dry" situation or a "11 Dimensional chess" situtation? Jake Stern Nov 2017 #11

No one is refusing to consider it WHEN we take power. But till then, and till the investigation pnwmom Nov 2017 #16

There is only one excuse necessary ... we won't have the votes in the Senate to convict, SFnomad Nov 2017 #19

They don't have the votes Retrograde Nov 2017 #20

Even getting control of the Senate isn't enough to be serious about impeachment in the House SFnomad Nov 2017 #22

Sorry, all I read here political cowards and fools angrychair Nov 2017 #13

Believing you could get 67 votes to convict in the Senate IS a fringe concept SFnomad Nov 2017 #29

I made no such conjecture angrychair Nov 2017 #38

Getting impeachment without a conviction would only empower DT -- as it did Clinton. pnwmom Nov 2017 #43

Its a good thing youre not calling the shots. BannonsLiver Nov 2017 #32

Why? angrychair Nov 2017 #39

steyers petitions are data collecting and mining. nt msongs Nov 2017 #17

Win the midterms first, then talk impeachment. Dawson Leery Nov 2017 #18

Because Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. GOP will. mamas Nov 2017 #21

It's better to wait until you have him in flagrante delicto. Turbineguy Nov 2017 #24

No! I demand meaningless, impulsive symbolism! brooklynite Nov 2017 #25

I support Steyer's plan and understand some of the Dem's BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #28

Trump is a gift that keeps giving C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #30

WE need to send a Democratic majority to the House in 2018. Without that, we fail badly... Hekate Nov 2017 #31

I think they'd better have a backup plan waiting SonofDonald Nov 2017 #33

Pence is also dangerou, more deceptive, and... tomp Nov 2017 #34

lets wait til the indictments come out.. he will have to be impeached.. samnsara Nov 2017 #51

It is one thing to talk about strategy DonCoquixote Nov 2017 #52