Do you think Trump will actually be impeached?

[Tassman]

Do you have any clue the number of times in history a benevolent politician with no evil motives has leveraged the frustrations of those marginalized by their government to win an election?

[rogue06]

And a new Hill-HarrisX survey this week has Trump up in the polls, rising to a 49% approval rating (his highest this year) since all of this broke. And a Monmouth poll finding that by 43-37 people believe Trump about Biden. Obviously there is still a lot of "I don't know."

This does not seem to be going the way the left had hoped and planned.

Monmouth has support for Trump at 44% and even CNN has it at 47%. This is substantially higher than where either Nixon or Clinton were at when their impeachment inquiries started (38 and 29% respectively). And in the CNN poll Trump's biggest gains were among Independents (+11%).

[Charles]

Monmouth has support for Trump at 44% and even CNN has it at 47%. This is substantially higher than where either Nixon or Clinton were at when their impeachment inquiries started (38 and 29% respectively). And in the CNN poll Trump's biggest gains were among Independents (+11%).

Part of the explanation could be that a lot of his supporters simply seem unwilling to even allow for the idea that he could do anything wrong. Falwell jr. seems to "reason" along those lines.

[Cow Poke]

Part of the explanation could be that a lot of his supporters simply seem unwilling to even allow for the idea that he could do anything wrong. Falwell jr. seems to "reason" along those lines.

That's wishful thinking, and doesn't explain at all the alleged rise in support among independents. I think it has more to do with the way the Democrats are mishandling the prosecution.

[JimL]

That's wishful thinking, and doesn't explain at all the alleged rise in support among independents. I think it has more to do with the way the Democrats are mishandling the prosecution.

So you think if the dems handled it better there'd be more support for Trump being ousted?

[Charles]

That's wishful thinking, and doesn't explain at all the alleged rise in support among independents.

I believe you missed the the part where I explicitly said: "Part of the explanation could be..." There was no claim about explaining the alleged rise in support among independents. It has been interesting and surprising to see how far some white "evangelicals" are willing to follow Trump and find all sorts of excuses for him.

I think it has more to do with the way the Democrats are mishandling the prosecution.

Wishful thinking?

[firstfloor]

[Charles]

It is a bit Stormy again...

[Charles]

As I said in response to a similar poll in another thread, it all depends on the question being and since "If Trump committed a crime, should he be impeached?" will get a far different result than "Do you believe Trump is guilty of a crime for which he should be impeached?"

And you know what the exact question was or are you just looking for somthing that would seemingly allow for hand waving?

[Bill the Cat]

It is a bit Stormy again...

Reading that and then reading your sig block is just nauseatingly ironic...

[Mountain Man]

Not really.

[Mountain Man]

And you know what the exact question was...?

No. That's my point, nanny boy. We don't know the exact question, or the exact wording of the question, so it's impossible to determine the significance of the results.

[Charles]

Not really.

Like our friend Gerson put it:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...2d2_story.html

But then again a mere statement "Not really" and a shrug might convince some.

[Charles]

No. That's my point, nanny boy. We don't know the exact question, or the exact wording of the question, so it's impossible to determine the significance of the results.

You did not answer the question since you left out part of my post. Let me reapeat: "And you know what the exact question was or are you just looking for something that would seemingly allow for hand waving?"

Have you got any good reason to assume the results are insignificant or that leading questions were used?

[Mountain Man]

You did not answer the question since you left out part of my post. Let me reapeat: "And you know what the exact question was or are you just looking for something that would seemingly allow for hand waving?"

Have you got any good reason to assume the results are insignificant or that leading questions were used?

No. That's my point, nanny boy. We don't know the exact question, or the exact wording of the question, so it's impossible to determine the significance of the results.