For more than a century, through world wars and technological revolutions, no American president faced removal from office for betraying the nation’s trust. On Wednesday, for the third time in many Americans’ lifetimes, a president will be pushed onto the very public path that could lead from commander in chief […] Read more »
Can Public Impeachment Hearings Drag Down Trump’s Approval Ratings?
… In the past, congressional hearings have been a powerful weapon. When control of the government is divided between two parties, investigations have been a vehicle for the House majority to publicly and repeatedly hammer the president. And research has found that the cumulative toll of hearings has been effective […] Read more »
Watergate Republicans vs. Trump Republicans
The Republicans of 1973/74 seem like a totally different breed than those we’re saddled with today. We recall them as facing the tribulations of Watergate determined to uncover the truth, whatever the consequences, and relentlessly demanding to know what the president knew and when he knew it, in the famous […] Read more »
Framing the Next Step on Impeachment
Most Americans continue to support impeachment, while even more suspect the President of wrongdoing. Support for impeachment may grow if progressives elevate the right validators and emphasize the right facts. CONT. Navigator Research Read more »
What The Polls Say About Impeachment Before The First Public Hearing
On Wednesday, we enter a new phase of the House’s impeachment investigation into President Trump: public hearings. And with this week’s testimony may come the first substantial shift in public opinion about impeachment in more than a month. Support for impeachment first shot up in late September and early October, […] Read more »
Law-and-order or conspiracy? How political parties frame the impeachment battle will help decide Trump’s fate
Tallies are displayed as House members vote on a resolution on impeachment procedure on Oct. 31, 2019. AP/Andrew Harnik Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University The presidential impeachment battle moves to a new stage on Wednesday, when the House will conduct the first public, televised testimony. The nation is divided: Although […] Read more »