… During the course of the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump, analysts such as myself have been making the few historical comparisons we can to judge the current situation. In these, Trump usually comes out looking poorly compared to Bill Clinton, the last president to be impeached. Clinton’s job approval […] Read more »
To this impeachment ‘connoisseur,’ Trump’s case looks familiar
In 1998, when House Republicans set out to impeach President Bill Clinton for lying about sex, they claimed lofty ambitions. “This has to be a bipartisan exercise,” Rep. Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, then chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, told me back then. He failed. … History repeated itself […] Read more »
CBS News poll: Americans remain divided on impeachment
Hours of public hearings have done little to sway public opinion on impeachment. The public remains similarly divided on the matter, as it was a month ago, but more say the president deserves to be impeached than say he doesn’t over his handling of matters regarding Ukraine. However, congressional Democrats […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Trump job approval ticks up, views on impeachment steady
Weeks of congressional hearings and debate have failed to move the electorate on impeachment, according to the latest Fox News Poll. At the same time, approval of President Trump’s job performance has climbed three points. Currently, 45 percent of voters approve of the job Trump’s doing, up from 42 percent […] Read more »
Representative Jeff Van Drew, Anti-Impeachment Democrat, Plans to Switch Parties
Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, a moderate Democrat who is among his party’s staunchest opponents of impeaching President Trump, told aides on Saturday that he is planning to switch parties and declare himself a Republican as soon as next week, just as the House is casting its historic […] Read more »
Trump, allies target vulnerable Democrats ahead of House impeachment vote
With the House on course to vote on the impeachment of President Trump next week, Trump and his allies have trained their sights on the Democrats who represent districts that supported the president in 2016. As public opinion on Trump’s impeachment remains splintered and mostly stagnant, more than half of […] Read more »