are those who said Impeachment would never happen still saying conviction in Senate ...

[EveHammond13]

will never happen?

the GOP Senators must be forced to either remove trump or eat their own treasonous sht in public. One or the other.

[lark]

1. i still think the repugs will stand by the traitor.

Until the actual tape is released, not some phonied up drumpfian version, they will continue to lie and divert or just hide. If the true transcript ever comes out, repugs would probably jump ship just to protect their own treasonous hides.

[RussBLib]

2. unless they discover some new slimy shit

and I'm sure the pool of Trump slime is bottomless

[Atticus]

3. Large spoons for everyone! nt

[Buzz cook]

4. 18 republican votes

Who are they?

[bearsfootball516]

5. I still don't think they'll convict, but I'm more than willing to eat crow on impeachement

I've been saying since Day 1 that he wouldn't be impeached, and it looks like I'll be eating those words.

[Thomas Hurt]

6. They are moral cowards and before they will be put in the position to take a side...

they will retire to spend more time with their families.

I suppose anything is possible, but I expect obstruction from the start.

Moscow Mitch not even allow the trial to begin.

[LanternWaste]

7. All things being equal, I think the Senate will not vote to convict

I think the senate GOP will lock arms, circle the wagons and say/do anything to preserve this administration as is. I do however, think the narrative of a President undergoing impeachment proceedings during a re-election campaign would be a pretty heavy albatross around Idiot trump's neck.

Granted, Idiot trump will try to spin it as political oppression and campaign off that (and he may be marginally successful at doing so), but that will take us into uncharted waters where anyone's guess as to the final outcome could be argued with equal weight.

But public sentiment is nothing to scoff at. In January 2017, Public Policy Polling reported that only 35% of voters supported the impeachment of Idiot trump. In December, that number rose to 51%. By contrast, after Nixon fired the special prosecutor, attorney general and deputy attorney general in "the Saturday Night Massacre", the Gallup percentage for removal remained below 40%.



(For the record, I am currently (and have been) agnostic as to any potential consequences (both political and civic) as a direct result of impeachment. I don't cheer, I don't boo... I simply watch, infer, and hope for the best).

[DeminPennswoods]

8. No one knows what will happen once hearings start

in earnest with no more WH obstruction. The Senate wasn't guaranteed to convict Nixon either until the smoking gun tape came out.

Watch my R senator, Pat Toomey, as a good barometer of how many Rs are ready to go into self-presevation mode and jump ship.

[wryter2000]

9. I've never said never impeachment

But they can't get enough Repubs in the Senate to convict. My prediction is they can get maybe 5 Repub votes in the Senate. I'd be happy to be wrong. Actually, I'd be happier if all of them lost their next elections.

[TwilightZone]

10. They won't convict while 90% of Republicans still approve of Trump.

Those are also their voters. They're not going to put bail on him or them. They'll just continue to put their own personal interests - and political lives - ahead of doing what's right.

[Claritie Pixie]

11. GOP stood behind Nixon until they didn't.

[Strelnikov_]

13. I'm looking for him to go the way of Nixon

Moscow Mitch tells him the votes for conviction are there (when they really are not), Trump resigns.

Why? Because as much as we despise Red Don, the GOP establishment despises him even more. He is destroying their party. They just don't want to lose their comfy gov't job via a primary.

Best case, Trump is smart (dumb?) enough to face a Senate vote. It fails, Red Don goes on to a McGovern class loss, and the Dems win the Senate with four or more seats to spare, including Moscow Mitch's.

[Falcata]

12. I'm guessing

that the Majority leader won't bring it up for a vote.