Impeachment distracting from Democrats' chaotic presidential primary race thehill.com/opinion/campai…
Maybe Democrats aren’t so stupid after all. Maybe the real point of their pointless impeachment hearings is to distract from the even gaudier circus that is their primary contest.
House “Intelligence” Chairman @RepAdamSchiff plays ringmaster to a partisan and redundant inquiry, interviewing the same characters over and over hoping that something damning will emerge.
Meanwhile, underwhelming Dem candidates are floating around Iowa and NH, seeking media attention but getting edged out by breathless coverage of the impeachment drama.
Could this be Schiff’s plan? To hide from the electorate the barely-there resume of Mayor Pete Buttigieg or the unworkable solutions being promoted by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren?
To keep all eyes focused on the inquisitions taking place on Capitol Hill while former Vice President Joe Biden struggles to remember where he is? Most important, to obscure from voters the gulf that exists between the increasingly belligerent factions in his party?
Now the entire nation knows what it did not know before: That Hunter Biden accepted a job from a reportedly corrupt Ukraine oligarch while Joe was the point person for the White House in that notoriously corrupt country.
It was a job, everyone agrees, that Hunter appears utterly unqualified for, but which paid more than $60,000 per month.
That doesn’t pass the smell test. At the least, it raises questions about the ethical behavior of the Obama White House and its occupants.
On the other hand, this is the same White House that allowed Hillary Clinton, according to the Washington Post, to rake in millions for her family foundation from 7 foreign countries (including 1 that violated an ethics arrangement she signed with Obama) while she served as SOS.
And yet, it appears Democratic voters in early primary states are doing just that. They have cast their vote; they don’t care about the impeachment frenzy.
That bit of news was reported, oddly, by the New York Times, one of the media’s leading champions for impeachment.
In recent forums, Elizabeth Warren has been asked 140 questions from caucus-goers and likely voters; zero have been about impeachment.
Corroboration comes from the Des Moines Register, which published a story noting that only 10 of 321 questions posed to candidates in recent weeks have concerned Schiff’s D.C. circus.
No wonder Rep. Schiff is tweeting energetically about the hearings; he’s hoping someone out there will tune in.
The Iowa caucuses are on February 3, less than 90 days away; the New Hampshire primary follows on February 11. There are still 15 candidates in the race.
The Iowa caucuses are on February 3, less than 90 days away; the New Hampshire primary follows on February 11. There are still 15 candidates in the race.
Nonetheless, voters are still looking for alternatives. Democrats are still searching for someone, anyone, who can beat President Donald Trump.
Democrats I know are heartsick. They are desperate to boot Donald Trump from the Oval Office, but they are pretty sure none of the existing candidates will be able to do that.
The party is sharply split between progressives like Warren and Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.) and moderates like Biden. One group or the other will be disappointed, which does not bode well for turnout in 2020.
via @lizpeek
(I-Vt.) and moderates like Biden. One group or the other will be disappointed, which does not bode well for turnout in 2020.
via @lizpeek
