Who should chair, if formed, a House Select Committee...

[ProudProgressiveNow]

...to investigate & move forward with impeachment proceedings against the President.

[madaboutharry]

1. John Lewis.

He doesn't take any crap from anyone. He is my choice.

[Atticus]

2. Schiff. nt

[bluestarone]

3. YEP

Agree!

[maxsolomon]

5. Seconded.

Professional, calm demeanor. Cogent questioner, has command of the minutiae.

I don't know of anyone else I'd trust to lay out a compelling case to the public while Trump et al are screaming at the top of their lungs.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

8. Agreed, Schiff would be best. nt

[Claritie Pixie]

11. Another vote for Schiff here.

He would be the best choice IMHO.

[madaboutharry]

17. I think this is a better choice.

Schiff would do a great job.

[Atticus]

23. I totally agree with your respect for John Lewis. He has some health issues, though, and this

chair assignment will be a gruelling one, mentally and physically. He should definitely be ON the committee, but without the burden of the chairmanship. Thanks for your response.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Guessing it's going to be Nadler?

...but I'd prefer Schiff. Or, Katie Porter!! She takes no shits from anyone!

[avebury]

7. The bonus of having Katie Porter chair would be

the fact that a woman would be up front and center in nailing Trump which he would hate.

[StarfishSaver]

13. I'm not sure if she should chair it, but she should definitely serve on it

I think Schiff or Nadler would be great.

I miss Stephanie Tubbs Jones - she would have been perfect

[avebury]

16. I would prefer Schiff over Nadler

I wasn't overly impress with Nadler in the Lewandowski hearing. Schiff is very measured in what he says and would offer the gravitas that the hearing would need.

[StarfishSaver]

20. I don't agree about Nadler but can understand why you feel that way

Schiff would be excellent.

I do wonder if they would name the current chair of a critical committee to chair this panel giving the responsibility and workload he already has. They may come up with someone we haven't even thought of who doesn't already chair a major committee.

The speculation is fun, though, isn't it?

[bdamomma]

21. Katie Porter

oh my, she would nailed their asses.

[Blaukraut]

6. Preferably someone with a law degree n/t

[Captain Zero]

15. why not Swalwell? However,

has to be someone on the intel committee, for sure.

[avebury]

9. I would prefer someone with a law degree that is so

well thought of by everyone that when Trump tries to go after him/her it will backfire on Trump bigly.

ETA - The Democrats need to make Trump so toxic in the impeachment hearing that it would be lethal to any Rethug Senators that try to protect Trump.

[kentuck]

10. Someone competent and aggressive.

Which disqualifies many.

[SlogginThroughIt]

18. yer saying there are many Dems that are not competent and aggressive?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. Exactly. I like Steve Cohen D-TN. Someone with fire

[Cousin Dupree]

12. Schiff or Porter. Either one would do a terrific job.

[BigmanPigman]

14. Too bad Harris is in the Senate.

[bdamomma]

22. I know

she would be good too.

[jcgoldie]

24. Schiff would be my choice

Swallwell would be a good choice as well.

[Act_of_Reparation]

25. I'll do it.

[Grasswire2]

26. Why can't it be a hired atty? Crackerjack prosecutor? nt

[CrispyQ]

29. Barry Berke

WaPo columnist Jennifer Rubin: It was chaos then a real lawyer showed up

snip...

The real excitement came, however, after the media decided it was all chaos and Democrats had accomplished nothing. Democrats’ counsel Barry Berke got 30 minutes to question Lewandowski and made the most of it.

Sorry WaPo is a paywall. It's an excellent commentary. She lays out what Berke got on record with Lewandowski.

[Triloon]

27. Maxine Waters!

[BigMin28]

28. Rep. Adam Schiff

Remember this?

[sdfernando]

30. oohhh...I think it would be AWESOME if we could have

Obama chair it. LOL!

[DeminPennswoods]

31. Schiff would be my choice

Throughout he has been no-nonsense and is a great questioner of witnesses. Nadler should get consideration also as he has been pushing for impeachment for awhile and I don't think a select committee would devolve into the kind of GOP clown show he's had to deal with on Judiciary.