[BenLurkin]

Turns out morning joe wasn’t kidding when she said it was the “news” media’s job to tell people how to think:

POLITICO Playbook: How to think about impeachment this week
By JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER 01/13/2020 06:09 AM EST
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/01/13/how-to-think-about-impeachment-this-week-488053

[Liz]

You mean “Morning Joke?”

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Dem battle plan (but remember "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy")

“Schumer will force a series of votes designed to squeeze vulnerable Republicans and harm them on the campaign trail if they side with Trump.
“Democrats argue the half-dozen at-risk GOP senators will need some daylight between them and Trump to get reelected. And if they vote against Schumer’s motions to hear new evidence and witness testimony, they’ll be seen as Trump sycophants — undermining their bids and boosting Schumer’s odds of becoming majority leader.
“Support for obtaining new documents at the trial is ‘even stronger than we thought, with large numbers of Republicans supporting it,’ Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in an interview. ‘And when you go against what the American people feel strongly about, on an issue they’re paying attention to, it’s not a good idea.’”