The conventional wisdom is that impeachment will help Trump.

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21. Proponents of this argument point to Clinton's impeachment

And acquittal in the senate, after which Clinton's popularity went up, and Democrats picked up seats in Congress in 1998, a rarity in a presidency's 6th year.

And most of the main actors on the republican side did not fare well politically after that.


Of course, this overlooks a number of facts, such as that the impeachment drive against Clinton was obviously driven by partisan politics and the "high crimes and misdemeanors" cited were widely viewed more as tawdry and inappropriate rather than criminal or a basis for removal as president.


While I agree that it's important not to seem overly eager or partisan in pursuing impeachment, I think the public already recognizes that Donald fraud's crimes are vastly more serious and that impeachment is more than appropriate.

A sustained, formal focus on the crimes of him and his cronies will not serve him well politically, even if the senate bails him out.

Moreover, people don't understand that failing to impeach him in the first place gives him all the advantage of an acquittal without the bad press of a trial.