Yep, tag him as an impeached President, that's the ticket. That will get them the win in November. Campaign on how bad is Trump not how great are our policies. And what does it get them?
I'd say it was a wash. It helped neither side. Trump's approval according to RCP was at 44% back on 13 Nov when the official hearings began, today he's at 46%. Considering the margin of error is plus or minus 3 points, that is really no change. But let's take this to the senate races. Democrat Jones, Alabama sealed his fate, he will lose, he voted guilty. Republican Collins, Maine, probably will lose her seat, she voted not guilty. These two seats have been directly impacted due to their vote. No other senate race has. one for one, a wash. The house, really no effect there either. Back in November the democrats had 33 seats listed as competitive or at risk of switching parties to the Republicans 18 competitive at risk seats. Roughly translate in November it looked as the GOP would pick up 5-9 seats. Today the democrats have 29 competitive at risk seats of switching vs. 17 for the GOP. Again that translate out to a 5-8 seat pickup for the Republicans. A wash there also. One could say that as far as the presidency, Senate and House, they stand just about the same as when all this impeachment stuff officially began back in November. No help to either side, neither side hurt by it. I think most folks have already made up their minds about Trump, either to vote for him or against him with very few undecided. Maybe 10% at the most. Probably closer to 5% or one could say between 5-10%. Almost all of them independents.
The trend is quite clear and certainly NOT in the direction the Dems were aiming for, just a flat line would have been in favor of Trump. Trump and on Gallop at his highest since he was sworn in. Collins a dead heat with lots of time to make up for her vote. Jones should be sending out resumes.
It would be a shame to lose Collins. She's one of the few level headed Republicans left in the Senate.
An upward line starting 2018 as people were figuring out the Mueller investigation and Russian collusion was a Democrat scheme and nothing more. Then a sharp drop with the House announced impeachment. Then as people learn the fallacy of the impeachment turns back up at an accelerated rate. When will the Dems these things just aren't turning out as the plan and if they take that strategy into the election they will lose on it.
How's that impeachment thingy working out for the Dem's? Hard to say. It is currently on hold. We'll know more when it starts up again.
Dems can no longer compete with their ideas and policies. They are about one more election away from going full blown socialist, which says a lot about their constituents.
Trump’s presidency has rocked a long-complacent Democratic Party like nothing in recent history. The Democrat Party resistance has given the illusion of unity, but the reality is deeply conflicted. The socialism of Bernie Sanders is all they have left, race versus class, and the old white guy doesn't help them win with only 50% of the race versus class equation. President Trump was unharmed by his impeachment and subsequent Senate acquittal. The Democratic Party look like fools that they are.
Guess who just got their asses handed to them in Appeals? https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6789879/Committee-on-the-Judiciary-v-McGahn-Opinion.pdf
