Ironically for a party focused on race and gender (identity politics) and that gets its energy from young people, two elderly white males lead the pack in polling. There has been a record number of aspirants – more than 20 – and 14 candidates remain in the race. Since President Trump will be the Republican nominee, the primaries will be focused solely on picking the Democrat’s nominee. Near the end or shortly after the end of the impeachment saga, presidential primaries will begin. One thing is certain, if the House sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate, the Senate will acquit the president. This is why she is demanding a “say” concerning the Senate’s rules even though she knows that she has no authority or right to do so.
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She would then declare that a trial in the Senate would be rigged and try to use that as election campaign material to claim that voters need to give the Democrats control of the Senate. If the prospect of a Senate trial remains unpopular, she will probably not send the articles.
It is impossible for me to say whether the House leadership will send the articles to the Senate because I do not know which way the winds of public opinion will blow – and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has her finger held firmly to the wind. If the Senate receives the articles of impeachment, the members could decide to simply dismiss the charges – in which case there would be no trial. If the House does not send the articles, the Senate could decide to simply ignore the impeachment, or they could decide to have a brief trial on their own in order to officially acquit the president. As of this writing, the House of Representatives has not yet sent the articles of impeachment to the Senate and there is a chance that they never will. I say “likely” because the trial may not actually happen for one of two reasons. The first of these events to come on the scene will likely be the Senate’s trial of President Donald Trump.
I am not a prophet and I do not have a proverbial crystal ball, so there may well be unanticipated events in addition to these. The year will be marked by at least three key political events: an impeachment trial of the president, a potentially contentious primary season, and, of course, the 2020 presidential and congressional election.
2020 promises to be a momentous year in politics.
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