As the House of Representatives uneasily faces-up to its plain duty, remember that I predicted much of this 6-months ago.
Can she [Elizabeth Warren] beat Trump? I don’t know, but I also don’t think that Trump will be the 2020 Republican nominee. There is no mistaking the sleaze and corruption and borderline madness that surrounds Trump — and the Mueller report, whatever it says, isn’t going to relieve that; almost certainly, it will document cooperation between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, and Trump’s ongoing obstruction of justice is a matter of incontestable public record.
The House will probably take-up impeachment after the summer recess, the Senate will probably convict — and Mike Pence is such an obsequious weenie that his grandmother could probably thrash him. Unless the Republicans come to their senses and nominate somebody like John Kasich, which is unlikely, the 2020 election ought to be a gimme for the Democrats.
I think swift assurances that the Senate won’t convict are too glib. The Senators know that Trump is a corrupt madman, and they also know it will be in the first paragraph of their respective biographies if they vote to acquit him.
The Republicans shouldn’t be canceling primaries; they should be preparing Plan B.