New USA Today poll:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 3, 2019
Americans support House *impeaching* Trump by 45-38
They support *Senate conviction and removal* by 44-35 (!)
Note: 30% of Republicans say pressure on Ukraine to smear Biden is an abuse of power.
And it's early. More will come out.https://t.co/nIaJRZgP7E
As some point the "Green Lantern theory of politics" in popular online discussion went from "you can't clap louder to win a war" to "President Obummer can't will Joe Lieberman to vote for a public option" to "the world is as it is, public opinion is what it is, leadership means nothing, whatchagonnado."
New USA Today poll:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 3, 2019
Americans support House *impeaching* Trump by 45-38
They support *Senate conviction and removal* by 44-35 (!)
Note: 30% of Republicans say pressure on Ukraine to smear Biden is an abuse of power.
And it's early. More will come out.https://t.co/nIaJRZgP7E
It's quite possible that if, for example, Obummer did the same sex marriage issue precisely correctly, and given the ultimate outcome that is a reasonable view, but it's also the case that if he'd loudly switched his view on it in early 2009 (majority opposed then) that a bunch of Democrats who were muddled on the issue would have jumped with him. People do take their cues from their leaders on some issues at least. Especially in a year in which a dominant message has been "trust Pelosi, she is very smart and knows what she's doing," of course impeachment support would follow her lead.