I would love to see a poll right now on what the general public thinks of this Ukraine business.

[RDANGELO]

Nancy Pelosi does not want to impeach Trump unless the general public is in favor of it because she is afraid of backlash in the presidential election. My hunch is it is not going to make any difference since most everyone has made up their minds about Trump, and he is not going to stop being Trump. However, I am not absolutely sure about that. It still scares me a little. If the public has moved in favor of impeachment, that changes everything.. Perhaps the Democratic Party has some internal polling showing that that is the case or, maybe it is close.

Impeaching Trump will not hold him accountable because the Senate is not going to convict him. The Department of Justice will not indict him. The only thing that is going to hold him accountable is an election. The reason for impeaching Trump is to lay down a marker for history saying that his conduct is unacceptable.

[RandySF]

1. It needs to be repeated over the course of a week or so to penetrate.

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[JHB]

8. A lot more than just a week...

...and even then, constant maintenance doses so it doesn't get lost at the next squirrel!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

11. absolutely!

This is why the impeachment inquiry must be thorough, with at least Judiciary and Intelligence committees holding public hearings at least weekly, each. Suck the airtime away from twitler and tell people what he's been doing. By the time the bobble-heads on cable are finished "analyzing" a hearing, they can start yapping about the next one coming up.

Print press will keep on doing some excellent journalism. (Some, like NYT and WSJ, will continue substituting opinions for reporting scattered amongst some real reports).

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. It's going to poll like everything else.

The cult is with Тяцмр. The informed normal people are appalled. And most people have no idea what’s going on at all.

[RDANGELO]

5. You might be right. n/t

[NCLefty]

3. Trump is throwing up so much smoke and the public is easily confused.

If the impeachment process doesn't get the American public on board, there's no hope for them.

"Real Housewives premiere tonight, you guys! OMG!"

There will probably be some polls on it soon but you know he's going to always have his 40%. I did see a 69% "don't like him personally" poll, but some of those people support his policies and will vote for him.

[rockfordfile]

4. It's our responsibility to get out and protest.

[JI7]

6. it's not the general public as much as having the numbers to pass

although one could help the other. but she needs to make sure she has the numbers in Congress.

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. I would bet most people don't know anything

about it at all

[TreasonousBastard]

9. You win that bet.

[TreasonousBastard]

10. The turning point with Trump, as with Nixon, is when Congress has more to fear...

backing Trump than opposing him.

Right now you have Democrats in red districts afraid of a backlash voting them out. You also have Republicans afraid of being primaried by wingnuts.

Republican House members are "retiring" in record numbers because they are between the rock and the hard spot having to support a Trump they just can't deal with.

This Ukraine thing just might be the tipping point we have been waiting for.

[Codeine]

12. The general public is utterly unaware of the issue.

The vast majority of people are not engaged by this sort of thing. They don’t watch the news or read a paper; they don’t peruse discussion boards or listen to talk radio. Ukraine just isn't an issue resonating with anyone outside political obsessives right now.

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Extortion and bribery, easy to understand

Trump tried to extort a foreign country to help him get re-elected by withholding money it desperately needs.

The media is framing the story in exactly those terms, adding that Trump has only his narrow interests, and not national interests in mind.