Cracks in the impeachment wall: Is the stampede starting?

Is the solid Democratic front in favor impeachment beginning to crumble? It’s probably more correct to say that it never existed at all.

We got two clear signs this week that rank-and-file enthusiasm for the Pelosi/Schiff effort to rid the country of the Orange Menace is, shall we say, well-controlled.

New Jersey Democrat Jeff Van Drew stated that he was likely to vote against Pelosi’s resolution to “formalize” the impeachment inquiry when it comes up Thursday, or Friday, or sometime before the end of the Holocene.

Van Drew told NBC reporter Alex Moe that “I would imagine that I’m not voting for it.”

To go straight to the point, Van Drew’s district was won by none other than Donald Trump in 2016, and Van Drew knows exactly which side his political toast is buttered on – that is, the one that hits the ground when dropped.

There are evidently at least a dozen other Democratic reps in much the same situation as Van Drew, though none of these has spoken up yet.

Steny Hoyer , the House Majority Whip, refused to commit to an actual vote on the matter, even though Mrs. Pelosi insists that it is, in fact, happening on Thursday. “We’re going to have to consider whether or not it’s ready to go on Thursday,” Steny said. “I hope that’s the case.”

The fact that Pelosi failed to clear matters with the majority whip, part of whose duties is to arrange things like votes, suggests a level of disorganization that beggars the imagination. Nancy couldn’t walk across the hall, she couldn’t send one of her dozens of staffers with a message. They apparently don’t have phones in the Longworth Building.

we should start a pool on how many votes it gets. Let's see 435 in House, 218 needed to pass.

I'll got for 218, based on the theory that there are many more who would like to vote "NO" but 20-odd Dems will be allowed to. As many "NO"'s as possible, and still have it pass.

Hopefully voters are realizing that even though Joe or Judy Sixpack, Democratic Congressperson is a nice person, and doesn't vote for the worst Democratic over-reaches, like the Trump impeachemnt, they are still part of the coalition that puts Nancy and Peter Schiff in charge, and so - nice or not - They Have to Go in 2020!

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