On Aug. 7, 1974, three top Republican leaders in Congress paid a solemn visit to President Richard Nixon at the White House, bearing the message that he faced near-certain impeachment due to eroding support in his own party on Capitol Hill. Nixon, who’d been entangled in the Watergate scandal for […] Read more »
Trump’s approval rating shows there’s no sign yet of impeachment backlash against Democrats
… Throughout the Trump administration, Democrats were arguing among themselves over whether to impeach or, at minimum, start an impeachment inquiry against the President. One of the political arguments against it was that it would cause an electoral backlash — that is, trying to impeach Trump would allow his consistently […] Read more »
Impeachment Then and Now
In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, Carl P. Leubsdorf, Washington Columnist for The Dallas Morning News, who previously served as the paper’s Washington bureau chief, joins the discussion. In his column, Leubsdorf compares and contrasts the impeachment proceedings of Watergate with the House of Representative’s impeachment inquiry into the […] Read more »
Politics with Amy Walter: Quid Pro Quo My God
This week, new information about President Trump’s interactions with foreign governments have rattled Washington, D.C. While the White House works on beating back the impeachment inquiry, members of Congress are home in their districts checking in with constituents. This task might prove difficult for those representing districts that have supported […] Read more »
Hey republic-not-a-democracy folks: It’s your time to shine
If you’ve been spilling ink over the past months or years arguing that the United States of America is a republic, not a democracy, congratulations, this is your moment. … Indeed, the whole idea of an unchecked executive is really antithetical to republican government. “A republic not a democracy” folks […] Read more »
Trump’s impeachment polling is historically unprecedented
The poll numbers are in on impeachment, and it’s not good news for President Donald Trump. A clear plurality of Americans approve of the House’s impeachment inquiry into Trump, and they are split on whether they want to impeach and remove him from office. Americans are more eager to impeach […] Read more »