from the Wa Examiner:
“Adam Schiff might be the most underestimated politician California has produced,” gushed
Washington Post national security reporter
Greg Miller. “Many in GOP dismiss him as bland/partisan. But the way he has handled impeachment will leave a mark on history, exceeding nearly all contemporaries.”
Miller’s
Washington Post colleague
Jennifer Rubin, one of the loudest proliferators of the Russian collusion dud, said of Schiff’s performance this week: “This is the most brilliant legal presentation I have heard. None comes close. The tone, the facts, the anticipated defenses. I am in awe.”
At CNN, contributor and
USA Today board of contributors member
Raul Reyes said: “On a strategic level, Schiff's presentation was masterful: It was eloquent, thoughtful and, most importantly, restrained.”
“While [Schiff] invoked everyone from Alexander Hamilton to John F. Kennedy, he never slipped into histrionics or hyperbole, which any trial lawyer knows can backfire,” Reyes continued, contradicting reality. “Instead, he methodically went through a timeline of the president's alleged improper conduct.”
MSNBC political analyst
Richard Stengel said, “When we get back to teaching civics in this country — as we must do — Adam Schiff's sweeping, beautifully-wrought opening argument, should be on the syllabus.”
