Democrats' dilemma: To impeach or not to impeach? | Analysis by CNN's GloriaBorger
And what the Democrats want is the spectacle -- a way to bring the enormity of the Mueller report onstage and into the full view of the American public.And who can blame them? It's all so frustrating. And it gets more so every day. Especially when the petulant President throws a tantrum in the Rose Garden and threatens Congress: Either you stop investigating me or forget about our plan to fix America's infrastructure. Translation: my way or no highway.
So, as William Galston of the Brookings Institution puts it,"the President has not received the total exoneration he craves, but Democrats eager to impeach him are left without the broad public support they need."It's a conundrum. But face it: Congressional Democrats aren't considered the most honest brokers. Back in April, a CNN survey reported that 44% of Americans believe that the Democrats are doing"too much" to investigate the President.
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