In other words they've got nothing....I posted this 2 months ago.
Desperately Searching for Anything to Impeach Trump On
You are missing the point.
There are several reasons why the Democratic leadership is toning down the clamor for impeachment by freshman Congressmen and women and a couple others like Rep.
Al Green, TX, who has been calling for Trump's impeachment for a year now.
They recall 1998.
Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich led the charge for the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998. In
November of that year, the Democrats picked up five seats in the House although the Republicans still maintained majority control. The results were a particular embarrassment for
Gingrich, who, before the election, had been reassured by private polling that Clinton's scandal would result in Republican gains of up to thirty House seats. The poor showing by Republicans caused a reprimand from the House for Gingrich's
ethics violation and pressure from Republican colleagues resulted in Gingrich's resignation from the speakership on November 6, 1998. Gingrich resigned altogether from the House two months later on January 3, 1999.
Polls conducted during 1998 and early 1999 showed that only about one-third of Americans supported Clinton's impeachment or conviction. However, one year later, in a CNN/
USA Today/Gallup poll 57% approved of the Senate's decision to keep him in office and
two thirds of those polled said the impeachment was harmful to the country.
Impeachment of Bill Clinton - Wikipedia
Newt Gingrich - Wikipedia
Despite the efforts of young Congresswomen and Green, the Democratic leadership wants no part of that kind of a fiasco.
Trump wants to be impeached. Everything he does, every stupid thing he says, is geared toward that goal. He will be the star of a monumental T.V. drama played out daily, and he will benefit from the martyrdom.
The Democratic leadership is banking on the Mueller report. Not to provide evidence of impeachment, but to characterize Trump as damaged goods. The Democrats will have months to advertise all the faults of the Republican President as reported by Mueller and the House investigations. This practically insures a Democratic victory in 2020.
2020 is the prize. In the Democratic view, everything they do is directed toward that goal.
Compare this to a failed attempt to remove him from office -- a verdict nearly guaranteed by the Trump Republican Senate -- which could make Trump a martyr and cause sympathy for him.
Much like what happened in 1998.
