Donald Trump and his allies have predicted the president will see a similar impeachment outcome as former President Bill Clinton did: an acquittal in the Senate, a subsequent spike in popularity, and a backlash against the opposing party in the following elections. Yet, two months into the process, it’s become […] Read more »
Impeachment could make life miserable for GOP Senate majority
With House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to move forward with impeachment, and the White House decision not to participate in the House process, the impeachment of President Donald Trump is virtually sealed. The only remaining issues moving forward will be how many different articles of impeachment the President will be […] Read more »
Deepening Divide Turns Impeachment Into Another Partisan Brawl
Almost from the moment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her lieutenants decided this fall to pursue the impeachment of President Trump, they made a fateful judgment: If the president intended to do nothing but stonewall and subvert their inquiry, they were not going to be the ones politely sticking to […] Read more »
Will impeachment be forgotten by November 2020? Don’t be so sure.
Perhaps all the conjecture is correct, that impeachment will be long forgotten by the time of the 2020 elections. Such assumptions do little to minimize the stakes for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her fellow Democrats as they move toward the likely impeachment of President Trump. CONT. Dan Balz, […] Read more »
Politics with Amy Walter: The State of the Democratic Primary Field
The road to the White House is rarely a linear path. That was abundantly clear this week when Senator Kamala Harris announced that she was suspending her campaign. The announcement came as a surprise to many because at the time of launch, Senator Harris was one to watch. Political reporters […] Read more »
Will Impeachment Affect the Democratic Presidential Race?
When the impeachment of Donald Trump became a likely event in September, it became fashionable to speculate how Trump’s re-election fortunes might be affected: would the process hurt Trump by generating damaging disclosures and negative publicity, or would he benefit from a popular backlash and highly-mobilized Republican base? I suggested […] Read more »