DEMS/IMPEACHMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats have some advice for the party as they try to sell impeachment to the American people. Keep it simple. Keep it direct. Use Donald Trump’s own words against him. And most of all, don’t repeat the mistakes of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, when Democrats lost control of the narrative and allowed Trump to proclaim victory. Still, ahead of the kickoff of historic public hearings Wednesday in the House Intelligence Committee, there’s a sense of acute anxiety within the Democratic Caucus about how to bring the thousands of pages of closed-door testimony to life and convince a still-reluctant public that removing Trump from office is their only recourse. It’s a pivotal moment for the Democratic majority, one that could have implications far beyond an up-or-down vote on impeachment. Pelosi and Democrats have bet their majority on impeaching the president less than a year from his reelection.”
–Heather Caygle, Sarah Ferris and John Bresnahan, “Democrats’ big pitch: Impeach Trump,” Politico, November 12, 2019 8:04 pm