1/ Ultimately, regardless of the decision on witnesses or documents, losing comes with a political cost. And spin as they might, an acquittal is a loss for Democrats.
2/ Now how the voting breaks will matter. But if Republicans hang together on all votes and the acquittal then this entire impeachment effort by Democrats will never have garnered a single Republican vote.
3/ Not retiring Republicans with no political future. No moderate Republicans Senators. Not even any Senators facing a tough re-election. That will be a stinging defeat and will have historical and narrative implications.
4/ The idea that people like Will Hurd in the House or Murkowski in the Senate voted out of fear of Trump is just a dog that won’t hunt. Then if on the final ballot Democrat Senators like Jones, Sinema or Manchin also join Republicans it’s going to be a devastating rebuke.
5/ In the final analysis, that result will not be easy to spin.
Democrats will have severly damaged themselves.
McConnell simply needs to hold the caucus together. Something Schiff and Nadler have helped him do.
#WhoTrappedWho
Democrats will have severly damaged themselves.
McConnell simply needs to hold the caucus together. Something Schiff and Nadler have helped him do.
#WhoTrappedWho
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