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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/theres-a-bigger-prize-than-impeachment.html?fallback=0&recId=1KINTKZO0yi0DlBxVyeERrS6VjP&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=DC&recAlloc=top_conversion&geoCountry=US&blockId=most-popular&imp_id=381400069&action=click&module=Most%20Popular&pgtype=Homepage
[quote]Impeaching Bill Clinton was wholly a political decision; the substance mattered little in 1998. Two decades later, Democrats face almost the exact opposite dynamics.

For Democrats, leaving Donald Trump in office is not only good politics — it is the best chance for fundamental realignment of American politics in more than a generation. Mr. Trump is three years into destroying what we know as the Republican Party. Another two years just might finish it off. Trumpism has become Republicanism, and that spells electoral doom for the party.

Mr. Trump has abandoned most of the core principles that have defined Republicans for the past century. Free trade abandoned for protectionism. Challenging our adversaries and promoting democracy replaced by coddling Russia and cozying up to dictators near and far. Fiscal conservatism replaced by reckless spending and exploding deficits.

What’s left of the party is a rigid adherence to tax cuts, a social agenda that repels most younger Americans and rampant xenophobia and race-based politics that regularly interfere with the basic functioning of the federal government.

Republicans today are the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson — a coalition that, in the face of every demographic trend in America, will mean the long-term realignment of the federal government behind the Democrats.

We’re not quite there yet — but keeping President Trump in office is the best way to cement Trumpism’s hold on the Republican Party.

Republicans themselves know it, and that simple fact is a huge problem for them: By and large they don’t like him, and they know he’s a long-term problem for the party — but in the short term they know they can’t get re-elected without his voters. For Democrats, it’s the dream scenario — as long as he completes his term.
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This is so true! But I’m not so sure about the last line. Why just if he completes his term?

When people say that impeachment is political suicide for dems they are comparing it to the Clinton impeachment. That was different. It was a consensual affair. It was a marriage issue, not an American issue. Yes, he lied about it, but that’s pretty minor compared to a day in the life of Trump. The fact that it was such a huge issue at the time should indicate just how far we’ve sunk as a nation. At this point, it’s pretty much impossible to claim that Trump is not a crook who is harming our democracy. If democrats don’t act in this, they will be seen as weak and not doing their job. That would be more politically harmful. [/quote]

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