This is not a defence of Trump but a criticism over the tactics the Democrats have used. The Democrats completely fumbled the ball here.

Nixon never actually got to be impeached because the various investigations threw up so much hard evidence that his own party turned on him and made it clear they would impeach so he resigned.

Yes Trump has obstructed the house investigation but they failed to find away around that and never had a smoking gun. They knew from the get go that the Republicans had the majority so if they really wanted him impeached they would have to provide damming evidence to get senators to cross the floor.

The smart move would have been to open the investigation without constantly talking about impeachment and to see where it lead. When they didn't have the smoking gun they could have quietly dropped it for the time being. Instead they doubled down and expected a republican dominated senate to do the job they had failed to do.

That is twice now that the Democrats have tried and failed to remove Trump and they are the ones who are tarnished.

Impeachment is always a political process otherwise it would be a trial with a jury. Slinging mud and not backing it up has backfired on them. Mrs Beaton's recipe for Rabbit stew starts with first catch your rabbit, they never did.

I don't like the man but this have been a good week for Trump especially after the Iowa fiasco.

I think Trump will be re-elected and will continue to screw up, the democrats need to let the red mist clear and go after him only when they have the evidence.

One more point

As my remark was addressed to the US electorate, and then only to some of them, I have no idea why you are talking about the UK!

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

There were many in the Democratic party who were reluctant to go the impeachment route, Pelosi being the most vocal. However there was considerable pressure from their core support to do something about the constant maladministration that Trump was, in their eyes, guilty of.

When what appeared to be a blatant misuse of his office for political gain was laid bare they thought that they had no choice other than to impeach. That was their constitutional duty and to fail to do so, because it might back fire politically, would be to lower their integrity to the level of their opponents. They never expected the Republican Senators to act impartially and "do their job". They knew the risks but felt constrained by events.

The Senate is now a very different place than in Nixon's time. If those Senators were trying Trump I suspect he too would have been forced to resign. The current lot are lap dogs in comparison. Only Romney seems to have any real integrity left.

I don't know why you think this is the second attempt that the Dems have made. He has only been impeached once. So far! The Mueller enquiry was commissioned by the D o J and did not involve Congress in any way.

That this has been a bad week for the Dems is obvious. Whether in the end it makes any difference to what happens in November is an open question. It depends much more on who the Dems choose than on Trump because we know what he is like and he isn't going to change.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Just filling in the blanks as you used the word during your Brexit comments.
How many is 'some' as you must mean all the trump voters.

Why then are not all trump voters gullible?
Clearly fell into a trap of voting for the wrong man for the wrong reasons iyo.

Par for the course in any presidential election.
Nothing to see here.

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