Democratic strategist calls impeachment debate a 'beltway story'

[brooklynite]

The Hill

"I think [Speaker] Nancy Pelosi [D-Calif.] is 100 percent right in focusing on the policies for 2020," Holdsworth, a senior political strategist at MWWPR, told Hill.TV.

"As of right now, and it has been for a while, this is a beltway story. This is something for us to talk about," she added.

Pelosi for months has worked to tamp down efforts among a growing number of Democrats to move forward with impeachment, arguing it could backfire on the party heading into 2020.

However, dozens of Democrats are now saying they support moving forward with impeachment proceedings after special counsel Robert Mueller said last week that charging Trump with a crime was "not an option" for him during his 22-month investigation, effectively punting the issue to Congress.

(disclosure: I know one of the Partners -- an a major Democratic fundraiser -- at MWW).

[brutus smith]

1. Strategist?

For who, repubs?

[PufPuf23]

2. That impeachment is a "beltway story" is misleading.

Talk about being in a bubble.

I do not know a Democratic voter in real life that does not favor aggressive pursuit to impeach Trump.

One needs to read at DU or listen to the corporate MSM to hear justifications why to delay the impeachment process.

Pelosi should be actively whipping up the support and votes needed for impeachment. The delay and reasons offered for the delay make zero sense.

[Grasswire2]

3. polling shows 72 percent of Dems favoring impeachment.

Does the article mention that? (Heading out the door; don't have time to look for myself right now)

[irisblue]

4. The strategist is Jennifer Holdsworth.

All of the info I could locate on her is professional pieces. And the pieces do not mention any winning US political campaigns. So, after her 15 yr career, what is, exactly, her ability to speak as someone with a history of winning ?

[LanternWaste]

5. Also, she fails to support any of her conclusions in the piece.

She simply makes unsupported allegations as though they were inherently accurate. Not a very net positive for someone who alleges to know what they're talking about.