I think this is right; once there is a vote on the articles, the issue has to move to the Senate. And you cannot call a guy a grave threat to democracy and then hit a pause button.ggait wrote: ↑Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:25 pmNot going to happen, obviously. And dumb to hold up the process for Bolton, Pompeo, McGahn, etc. Since it would take two years to actually get testimony from them.Vote the articles of Impeachment and hold them in the House. Don’t name managers.
But once the House votes on the articles of impeachment, I think the president is impeached, the House process is over, and the Senate process starts. So not naming managers for the Senate process would be violating the constitutional directive. It wold be the House obstructing the Senate.
If you want to hit the pause button, I think you would have to avoid a full House vote on the articles. Just leave it at the House Judiciary vote.
We expected that the GOP Senate would show itself to be cowardly, venal and small; they have not disappointed on that score so far. This is really now for the historical record, so that at least some Americans can look back and say they tried, they warned the country, they took the steps that were available. McConnell and Graham will have a tombstone epitaph and obituary lead that calls out their cowardice in the face of a threat to the Republic. It's not enough, but it'll have to do.