House Democrats, under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are slowly marching themselves toward the opening of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. What seemed out of the question earlier in the year seems, if not inevitable, increasingly difficult to resist. …
Pelosi knows that public opinion overall is not on the side of the Democrats. A majority of Americans continue to oppose impeachment. But public opinion among Democrats is in a different place. That’s why a number of candidates for the Democratic nomination have expressed their support for at least the opening of an inquiry. It’s a popular position with the base. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post