straightforward. generate some outrage. generate some understanding of what the standards are and say that and persuade people, if there are any persuadable people out there, that the conduct that the president engaged in is not just wrong. it s not just inappropriate. that it is a violation of the constitution. and that requires understanding what the constitution actually means by the phrase bribery, treason or other high crimes and misdemeanors. and i think the most useful thing the democrats could do to advance their goals is to establish a framework, a rubric that the facts easily mean that, to say that this is exactly why we have this phrase in the constitution. this is exactly why we have a mechanism in the constitution to remove a president because this kind of conduct is so far beyond
up to speed on where we are. metaphorically speaking this is a passing of the baton. help us understand the import of the next few days. the import first comes with regard to the timing. speaker pelosi is trying to move this process forward out of the house intelligence committee in the hands of chairman schiff, into the hands of chairman nadler. he has been somewhat on the sidelines in recent weeks. now he is in control to explain the impeachment process to the american people, to have hearings on the history of impeachment, the intent of the founders and then to draft the articles of impeachment. it will be fascinating to watch the scope of those articles, including obstruction of justice, abuse of power. we have seen speaker pelosi use the phrase bribery. what exactly will be in the articles, a lot of that will fend what moderate and liberal house democrats want as they