this couldn t be worse for the president to have the stakes of the conflict that he has with the gop over turkey/syria issues happen in the midst of this itch peoplement. it can make the gop lose the patience across the board. if they vote on sanctions, that s a signal they need to let some of the presentation out. great story. i have my eye on the calendar for the other event. impeachment and how problematic it s becoming and complicated for both democrats and republicans, actually. there was talk about having an impeachment vote in the house before christmas. i think that s still a hope among house democratic leaders. but theimpeachment is not over. we have the a witness depositived at the end of last week. david holmes may be called for a public session. we have eight witnesses coming up this week. one of whom gordon sondland may have to slip given the information they re hearing. the idea a vote before christmas