A highly polarized nation is about to face a new test: impeachment. In almost three years since President Trump was elected, the nation has seen its schisms grow deeper and more jagged. It’s a change that has been propelled mainly by the president’s words and actions, but also by the […] Read more »
This is my third impeachment. Here’s what I’ve learned.
… No two presidents are alike, of course, and no two impeachment battles are alike. Nixon resigned in disgrace in 1974 once it was clear that he would be impeached by the House and removed by the Senate. Clinton was impeached by the House but acquitted in the Senate, and […] Read more »
Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump’s actions tied to Ukraine
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump’s encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Trump’s political rival and his family is a serious problem, but only 17% said they were surprised by the president’s actions, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. CONT. Kendall Karson, ABC News Read more »
CBS News poll: Majority of Americans and Democrats approve of Trump impeachment inquiry
More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. But as the inquiry begins, there is no national consensus on how to assess the president’s actions. Partisans have immediately and […] Read more »
Latest Polls Of Iowa And Texas Voters
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Ann Selzer, a pollster in Iowa, and Abby Livingston of the Texas Tribune, about how people in Iowa and Texas are responding to the politics in Washington. Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR News Read more »
Democrats’ 2020 Campaign Message: Not Impeachment, They Insist
… All 19 Democratic presidential candidates now support the impeachment inquiry, and many Democrats are optimistic that voters will as well, because Mr. Trump is so unpopular and the allegations against him are grave and easily grasped. For now, Republicans are the party on the defensive, flummoxed by the cascading […] Read more »