Good analysis. What is always a factor is: Is it a Republican President or a Rat? With an R you get the ruin of the aftermath like Nixon with the D you end up it being a big win for the POTUS such is the advantage of having the entire MSM behind you. My first reflex was the author was a Never Trumper who thinks he is being clever. It’s cynical and it’s insulting.
“My first reflex was the author was a Never Trumper who thinks he is being clever. It’s cynical and it’s insulting.”
Agree, although I don’t know who this clown is. Also, note that we’re not his target audience, rather the Republicans in the Senate are. But even so, it’s more of a desperation ploy, as even squeamish Republican Senators can easily see through that.
Oh yea, one more thing - perhaps the reason that the Democrats stuck with Clinton during his impeachment was that Clinton was still very popular with the base (seriously, how can any Democrat NOT be impressed by him landing a near-teenage girl, at his age). Needless to say, Trump’s support is at least as solid.
And so the Democrats were staring at angering their base and risking a blowout if they did vote to remove Clinton...no different than today with Trump.
But, to go back to 1974, the Republicans thought they had a good play to get rid of Nixon, as his approval was in the 20s, and so his GOP approval was probably not over 60% (if that)...and yet the Republicans STILL got their heads handed to them, and that was right after Nixon’s blowout of McGovern (in 1972).