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Don't sleep for a moment on the real possibility that the ongoing "Dorian in Alabama" sideshow is about impeachment. Alabama Sen. Doug Jones—Democrat—is up for election in 2020. Trump wants the seat—especially as there may be an impeachment trial. So he needs Alabama to love him.
1/ If—not theorizing, just noting one of a range of possibilities—Trump *knows* his tax returns will reveal grave misconduct, and the Democrats will get them eventually, and that a post-impeachment conviction is a real possibility, he'll want as many Senate allies as he can have.
2/ Otherwise, it's a bit inexplicable why Trump needs *so badly* to be the "savior of Alabama" and get public credit from its voters for acts of courage that weren't needed *or* ultimately executed. But political considerations? ... that certainly *would* make some logical sense.
3/ This is part of a broader idea that's in my head and I think many others': an impeachment pre-election; a court battle over whether there will be a Senate trial that drags on awhile; and a Senate trial post-election, with a new Senate. Thus, Trump caring about the 2020 Senate.
