If John Bolton is truly willing to testify,

Adam Schiff should convene another inquiry and invite Bolton to testify.

We all know that Trump is guilty, and any fair trial would only prove it, which explains why Trump and McConnell are so determined to have a Russian style show trial.

So extend that invitation to John Bolton.

My wife and I were talking about New Year resolutions yesterday.

She asked if I had made any.

I said that after a lot of thought about it, my resolution was that she should treat me with more respect.

The doctor says I should be walking soon, but he suggested that I take care when walking in the future.

My new resolution is to never suggest how my wife could improve herself.

Never.

Imagine that the Traveling Wilburys had been together longer.

This is one of my favorites of what I consider to be arguably the best rock supergroup.

There seemed to be no ego on display, only mutual respect.

Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder doing Statesboro Blues

Score: Trump 1. Obama 0. So much winning.

Remember, Trump has beaten President Obama in the category of number of times a President has been impeached. And President Obama can never take that away from Trump.

So having decisively beaten President Obama, Trump can now retire to Merde a Lago for a well deserved retirement.

Unless he is tried and convicted in the SDNY.

The Sounds of Silence

Yes, Joe Biden did say he is open to considering a VP from the GOP.

And this has been pointed out here numerous times. Often, without the full context of the remark to make for a more sensational headline.

But the larger point, about the literal necessity of reaching across Party lines if this country is to accomplish real change, remains. And we know here, and among voters at large, that at this point the GOP marches in virtual lockstep with Trump on nearly every issue of substance. For Mitch McConnell, and Lindsay Graham, and Kevin McCarthy, and most of the GOP caucus, the term compromise means doing only what they want.

But since the time of Dennis Hastert, with the unwritten "Hastert Rule", the GOP has never considered legislation that they cannot pass with only GOP votes. And many of us know this as well. The US media pretends to know none of this, as they pursue and promote their fiction that both sides are responsible for the current political situation.

And back to Biden's point, I believe that many GOP voters do want to see a change. I think that is reflected in poling, and in the large number of GOP Congress members who are not running for re-election in 2020.

In my view, Biden is absolutely correct that we must reach out to GOP voters, and we must remain civil while doing so. Calling people names might be satisfying, and the names might even be correct, but it does not lead to dialogue.