I now think impreachment is becoming a certainty now

Trump did not hurt the Republicans too badly in the recent elections. As an opposition party, the Democrats are not very effective, so the Republicans figure they can ride it out. The government shutdown is no big deal because Republicans believe only Democratic voters need government services. As long as Republicans don’t panic, Trump is safe. He is a bull in the china shop, but it’s unlikely he will do anything to cause a Republican stampede for impeachment.

The House impeachment proceedings and the drama of a trial in the Senate would take at least, what?, six months, maybe longer. Legislation would mostly grind to a halt. Foreign adversaries of the American Empire would be at least somewhat emboldened.

What’s interesting to me is how fast the Trump Administration is unraveling. Just in the last couple of weeks, two cabinet members and the chief of staff gone. It does really look like rats abandoning a sinking ship.

But I don’t know. The devil is in the details of Mueller’s findings, and we don’t know what those will be yet. The Republican may be right in saying if the economy tanks, then enough Republicans may turn on Trump at the behest of their oligarchical donors. If that does happen, then I hope the Republican is right in saying Pence would pardon Trump.

That would seal Pence’s doom in 2020 if he gets the Republican nomination, just like it did Jerry Ford in 1976.

I don’t think Trump is going anywhere.  The elections will start up and the Dems are afraid of impeaching cause it opens the door for impeachment talk when they get the office.

Plus I don’t think the Democrats actually dislike what Trump is doing with taxes = the ruling clas are mostly wealthy.

He might resign….

even though I have no doubt the turd has committed impeachment-worthy offenses.

For one thing, I don’t want to watch partisan back-and-forth point-scoring for months on end.

For another, I kinda like watching red-faced Trump stomp his feet and shake his fist while standing alone in a cesspool of his own making.  Plenty of Repubs consider Trump a moron and the chief underminer of their party.  With impeachment, they’ll shift to loyalty-oath mode and start backing Trump to the hilt against the Dem threat

I wish the Dems could strike a deal with Trump to substitute something quicker and more fun in place of a drawn-out impeachment. Something like, Dems agree not to impeach in return for Trump wearing donkey ears and a red rubber nose for the rest of his term.

of the “Trump Transition” money laundering and dog knows what else schemes. Mr. squeaky Clean has some dirt in his crevices, so to speak. This could get good. 

terrible choices all around.  Anyway, the DNC is pretty much IN power, in a way – it collects big money from corporate sources, and strangles progressive legislation as a goal, and its last standard bearer, Hillary (remember, she still owns the DNC) is quite fond of war and killing.    I am not going to vote for someone running as a Democrat (Democrat is pretty much just a logo now) just to keep another party out of power, if that candidate is a neocon neoliberal Third Way New Democrat Coalition member.  Just not going to do that.

THAT would be voting for someone just to keep the other side away from power, and would not make life for the non-.1% one whit better.  Looking at the folks being pimped so far – just smoother and oilier than Trump, not safer.